On Wed, 6 Feb 2002 18:16:00 -0600 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Feb 2002 10:26:17 +1100 CaT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 05:23:19PM -0600, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: > > > * Ron Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I know that there are removable cartridges that allow one to swap > > > > IDE disk drives when the PC is shut down, i.e. cold-swapping. > > > > > > > > Is there a way to hot-swap IDE drives like it it possible with > > > > SCSI drives? The 'net research I've done indicates that it is > > > > not possible, but I wonder if I have missed anything. > > > > > > I've hot-swapped IDE drives before. It's certainly doable, although > > > I wouldn't recommend it. Why do you want to hot-swap it, anyway? > > > > Cheaper then a zip disk I guess... > > Not cheaper than a ZIP250, but > - a 40GB disk is 160x the capacity > - infinitely more durable > - faster I infinitely agree with the faster bit. But when was the last time you dropped a 40GB hard disk? -- Humanity's future is in the stars: support a manned mission to Mars! http://www.thinkmars.net/petition/addpetition.html
