[ltp] Thinkpad R50p Ultrabay Hotswapping drives

[Christopher Sawtell]

On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 23:13, Andr=E9 Wyrwa wrote:
> On Fr, 2005-03-11 at 22:56 +1300, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
> > On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 22:44, Konstantin Filtschew wrote:
> > > hi,
> > >
> > > try this, it should be the same as hotswap:
> > >
> > > thinkpad ~ # emerge search hotplug
> >
> > You need coldplug too:
> >
> > *  sys-apps/coldplug
> >       Latest version available: 20040920
> >       Latest version installed: 20040920
> >       Size of downloaded files: 43 kB
> >       Homepage:    http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net
> >       Description: coldplug init.d program to load modules at bootime
> >       License:     GPL-2
> >
> > > If it do the trick, please tell us :)
> >
> > Indeed!
>
> ??? Sure about this?
No, I'm not certain, but I am under the impression that if you want the=20
hotswap features to load at boot time you need coldswap.
Sorry I forget where "I read that.

> AFAIK hotplug/coldplug is not of any use concerning hotswapping the
> ultrabay. (Unless something amazing happened to the kernel and hotplug
> scripts recently.)
>
> Andr=E9.