Re: scsi questions

[Kevin Colby <kevinc grainsystems com>]

> For any flavor of unix, Linux included, having external hardware devices
> turned off when booting causes serious issues.

Really, this is a SCSI bus issue.  Standard SCSI is not designed to
handle hotswapping like this.  It somehow confuses the bus and/or
the termination.  Don't do it under any OS.  Hotswap hardware is
available that will work under many flavors of Unix, including Linux.

	- Kevin Colby
	  kevinc grainsystems com