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Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 9:49 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann |
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> <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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>> On Wednesday 15 December 2010 05:54:40 Dale wrote: |
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>>> According to the mobo manual, if I enable AHCI, it is hot swappable. |
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>> and enabling AHCI is the only sane option. So do it. |
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>>> I |
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>>> just ain't to comfy doing it. I'd like to see it done with no smoke |
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>>> getting out first. |
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>> no smoke. Worst case: controller hangs, you have to reboot. |
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> The worst case is _slightly_ worse than that, but certainly no smoke. |
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> Some systems (my 6 drive RAID compute server for instance) changes |
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> drive mapping between AHCI and compatibility modes so I had to adjust |
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> /etc/fstab. If Dale is using labels of some type he will likely be |
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> better off than I was. |
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> There certainly won't be any harm caused by changing the BIOS setting |
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> to AHCI and trying it out. Reboot and change BIOS back is all he would |
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> have to do in my experience. |
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> - Mark |
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Are the drives any faster when using AHCI tho? If the speed is the same |
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then I may try it next time I reboot but not real sure why it would |
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matter. I was hoping for something even faster. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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