[ltp] z61p: HotSwapping of UltraBay?

[Ted Frater]

Hanno 'Rince' Wagner wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I have a z61p and using some of the nice linux-stuff around the
>thinkpads - including the fingerprint-reader since today.
>
>I have looked on the webpages from thinkwiki, but I haven't found
>help for the z61p and the Ultrabay: the hotswap doesn't seem to be
>supported yet (at least /proc/acpi/ibm/bay say this when I do a
>cat). Has anyone else found a way to hotswap the ultrabay? I'd like
>to switch my dvd-rom and the sata-hard drive in it...
>
>I am using Linux-Kernel 2.6.21.5.
>
>Ciao, Hanno
>  
>

Just something to think about BEFORE you try it,
 I hot swapped a dvd drive out of a 600x and it crashed the bios.
 Needed to be removed and re programmed.
That was running win 98.
If your not sure dont.
 Just be patient. Close down then swap and power up afresh.