[expert] Latptop - using removeable devices

[Jason Straight]

Is there anything I can do on my laptop to have the kernel remove and or 
reprobe devices?

ie. I have a Dell Inspiron 8000 which I'm running Mandrake 7.2, this 
notebook has a removeable device which I share between the CDRW and the 
floppy drive. I boot with the CDRW in and I can hot swap to floppy fine 
and use the floppy drive. When I swap back the the CDRW my machine freezes.