Re: scsi questions

[Mick Mearns <mrkingdaddysir yahoo com>]

--- karlp ourldsfamily com wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Mick Mearns wrote:
> 
> Hello List;
>   I just put together an external scsi box. It has a 8.4g hard disk (id:1), a
> cdrom(id:5) and a cdr(id:6). Can I power it up after Linuxis up?

> For any flavor of unix, Linux included, having external hardware devices
> turned off when booting causes serious issues. All drivers involved in
> running those devices are removed or disabled. If you subsequently turn the
> items on, they won't work until the next reboot. You shouldn't power them
> down while the system is running either. That will cause the system to
> periodically hang as those items are polled. 


Yikes!! thank you

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Mick Mearns - south of Seattle, U.S.A

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