[ltp] is Ultrabay hot swappable

[mario]

yes, yes STW...
never mind :)

http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/UltraBay

mario;>

So, mario wrote:
> hello everybody,
>
> i have a t42p with a 60g/7.2k hard drive running ubuntu breezy.
> As i expected i'm out of hard drive space mainly due to VMware images.
> No room for my music collection :(.
> As a remedy i was contemplating getting a 100G 7.2k drive and replacing
> my 60g with it. I would then move the 60g into the ultrabay and use it
> for the VMware images as VMware only runs rarely and i could potentially
> shut it down when not in use to save battery. I currently have a dvd
> burner in there that i might want to use 1-2 times per month.
> The questions i have about this are:
>
> - I'm i correct in the assumption that the 60g will work in the ultrabay
> provided i get the right drive adapter (just want to be sure i'm not
> missing any gotchas there). I blew the rescue partition away, so i'm not
> concerned about any of that.
>
> - Is it possible to hot swap these devices? And if not is it possible to
> swap them without rebooting by loading and unloading modules or some
> other voodoo?
>
> If anybody has any info on this, i'd be happy to hear about it.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> mario;>
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