[ltp] SATA harddisk in ThinkPad T42

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---- Helen Borrie <helebor@iinet.net.au> wrote: 
> 
> >
> >> At 02:07 PM 23/06/2010, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> >> 
> >> >It just works.  Hot*un*plugging can be much nicer (and safer for your
> >> >data and disk heads) with some udev help, look for info in thinkwiki.
> >> 
> 
> I asked:
> 
> >> Is hot-unplugging the HDD in the ultrabay also recommended for the T60?
> >> I'm always very conservative about mine - shutting right down to Poweroff
> >> when swapping the HDD for the optical drive and vice versa.  Am I actually
> >> not doing the HDD a favour here, then?
> 
> At 08:38 AM 24/06/2010, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> 
> >As a rule:  tell the kernel to remove the SCSI sd device first, and when the
> >device disappears, you can tell the thinkpad to power down the bay.   This
> >*needs* a udev script (which your distro may or may not supply.  I don't
> >know of any that does it, so chances are you need to read the stuff in
> >thinkwiki).
> 
> Ah, yes, I followed up on that yesterday and see how to do it (looks a very lucid piece of writing!).  I do have a fairly old Mandriva 2009 on here at the moment but I'm fixing to replace it with Ubuntu 10 in the near future.

FWIW Ubuntu 10.4 has been a total wipeout for me on my older Thinkpads ( I have several ).
Hibernation just goes out crashingf into the woods, requiring a power down to get back.
Wireless won't handle anything over a few seconds long without a disconnect.
This has been this way since the beta and seems to be set in stone.

The last six versions were fine, I/m doing this on 9.10.
10.4 is OK on several desktops.



>  Like the OP, I don't often have the need for the optical drive, whereas I'm using the second hdd constantly.
> 
> >If the led in the ultrabay is off, it is safe to remove the device.  If it
> >is not off, you really should not remove the device.
> 
> Ha!  your mentioning the LED made me look for it!  Hadn't noticed it before. ;-) It *is* a brand new ultrabay, a replacement for one that died dramatically, strictly according to the Law of Murphy.  My nervousness about hot-plugging the ultrabay stems from that debacle.
> 
> Thanks very much for your comments.
> 
> Cheers,
> Helen
> 
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