From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264127AbTIIPGD (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Sep 2003 11:06:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264136AbTIIPGD (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Sep 2003 11:06:03 -0400 Received: from mail.eris.qinetiq.com ([128.98.1.1]:24943 "HELO mail.eris.qinetiq.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S264127AbTIIPF7 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Sep 2003 11:05:59 -0400 From: Mark Watts Organization: QinetiQ To: keithl@ieee.org, Keith Lofstrom , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Hot Swapping IDE using USB2 cage Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 16:01:01 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 References: <20030908193207.GA29053@gate.kl-ic.com> In-Reply-To: <20030908193207.GA29053@gate.kl-ic.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Content-Description: clearsigned data Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200309091601.01731.m.watts@eris.qinetiq.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > A month back, there was discussion about hotswapping IDE disks. > I have a solution that seems to work, indirectly, using the SanMax > InClose PMD96-USB2 Mobile Dock. This cage is physically compatable > with the PMD96i direct IDE cages, but has a translator from IDE > (LBA48!) to USB2, which I connect to a USB2 PCI card in my system. > With USB hotswap enabled, the system seems to recognize when > disks are added and removed. This allows me to do backups to > cheap big IDE hard drives, and swap them out for safekeeping. > For more information, look at my web page in progress: > > http://www.keithl.com/linuxbackup.html > > I am still working on this, so your mileage may vary. I am > incompetent at software, so a more clueful person is welcome > to take over and do this right. In any case, this provides a > functional solution for IDE hotswap without kernel patches, and > that might free up some wizard time for other needed tasks. > > Keith This isn't IDE hotswap, its USB hotswap with USB Mass-Storage devices. Mark. - -- Mark Watts Senior Systems Engineer QinetiQ TIM St Andrews Road, Malvern GPG Public Key ID: 455420ED -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/XestBn4EFUVUIO0RAkUDAJwKZFVCVRMgfiqAvHodFKHkV+fCfACeOCMO /rAEWJkRoogVkb+k3ebZ92Y= =teqy -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----