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On 7/25/07, Florian Philipp <f.philipp@××××××.de> wrote: |
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> Hi! |
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> I'd like to know what's the current best practice to handle a hotswapable |
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> SATA-drive. It's the optical drive of my Dell Latitude D520 laptop, the so |
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> called Media Bay. |
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> If I plug it in while the system is online, it is not recognized. Under normal |
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> circumstances (e.g. coldplugged) it works fine. |
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> Thanks in advance! |
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> Florian Philipp |
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IF your system fails to recognize it on plug you may have an |
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older/noconformant controller or missing appropriate kernel |
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modules/drivers to govern them. |
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Reccommnended Install Procedure |
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1. Plug in data cable |
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2. Plug in power cable |
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3. Check dmesg |
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4. check /dev/ for new node ( udev should make one ) |
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5. Mount |
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Removal |
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1. Unmount |
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2. Remove power |
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3. remove data. |
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( Although For me I think both work, its just I know that the power |
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connector is the one with all the different pin lengths allowing the |
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drive to say "ok, see you later" before it powers off ) |
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Kent |
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