Re: [CentOS] Removable drive configuration

2009-12-20 Thread Stephen Harris
On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 09:27:09AM -0500, Robert Heller wrote: > PATA (IDE) drives are not hot-swapable -- I don't think either the > kernel IDE driver or many (if any) plain IDE controllers support hot Annoyingly old kernels used to (2.2? 2.4? Can't remember). You could do "hdparm -b 0 /dev/hdg

Re: [CentOS] Removable drive configuration

2009-12-20 Thread Robert Heller
At Sun, 20 Dec 2009 08:49:02 -0500 CentOS mailing list wrote: > > I have a box running CentOS 5.3 with two Dataport removable drive bays > installed on the second IDE interface (/dev/hdc and hdd). I want to > configure it so I can plug in and mount various drives at different > times, includ

[CentOS] Removable drive configuration

2009-12-20 Thread Bob McConnell
I have a box running CentOS 5.3 with two Dataport removable drive bays installed on the second IDE interface (/dev/hdc and hdd). I want to configure it so I can plug in and mount various drives at different times, including different size drives. So far it will only recognize the first drive I