[ltp] Re: IDE-Hotplugging

[Daniel Pittman]

On Mon, 16 Jun 2003, Frederic Gaus wrote:
> I'd like to change my ultra-bay-cdrom with my ultra-bay-akku. Is that
> possible while the system is running ( i think under windows xp, it is
> supportet, so why not under linux ;-) )

...because Linux does not support hot-plug IDE devices, which are what
the Ultrabay devices are. Once the driver supports it, you can go for
your life. It's only a simple matter of programming.[1]

     Daniel

Footnotes: 
[1]  Simple is an understatement here.

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