[ltp] Replacing system board

Leon Brokken linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 20 Jul 2006 13:10:15 +0200


----- Original Message -----
From: Leon Brokken <Leon.Brokken@med.lu.se>
Date: Thursday, July 20, 2006 12:53 pm
Subject: [ltp] Replacing system board

> Thanks Bernard and Henrique,
> 
> for your wise advice ;-) I realised the risk of writing to the PCI 
> card, but was unaware of the risk of hotplugging the card 
> (although I agree I could have known since I'd never do it with a 
> hard disk). I think this information would be appreciated on 
> ThinkWiki http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Problem_with_unauthorized_MiniPCI_network_card

I have added a warning on ThinkWiki, so that other adventurous souls as myself are aware of the additional risk of hotplugging the card (besides the already mentioned risk involved with writing to the device).
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Talk:Problem_with_unauthorized_MiniPCI_network_card

Cheers, Leon.