[Cialug] Poor man's hot-swappable hard drive
Korver, Aaron
cialug@cialug.org
Fri, 7 Jan 2005 10:53:07 -0600
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Aren't there kits to make an internal drive an USB drive?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Champion [mailto:dave@visionary.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 10:52 AM
> To: cialug@cialug.org
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Poor man's hot-swappable hard drive
>
>
> If you shop around for bargains, you can sometimes find a decent
> external USB or FireWire drive cheaper than if you bought the
> same drive
> by itself.
>
> -dc
>
> Daniel Wittenberg wrote:
> > IDE like that wasn't ment to be hot-swappable, so you could
> definitely
> > fry something. You might get lucky and have it work, maybe
> not. Your
> > OS would also have to know how to rescan for IDE changes,
> which usually
> > only happens with SCSI/FW/USB. I think they do make
> hot-swap IDE disk
> > carriers, and obviously scsi/firewire work as well. I would suggest
> > just buying an external USB or firewire drive and using
> that instead.
> >
> > Dan
> >
> > On Fri, 2005-01-07 at 10:16 -0600, Claus wrote:
> >
> >>Is it possible to have the power cable and IDE cable hang
> out of the
> >>computer case and plug in a HD as needed while the computer
> is running?
> >>
> >>I'm mostly concerned if hardware could be damaged or data
> be corrupted.
> >>
> >>Basically this would be to backup data onto a hard drive
> that is then
> >>stored somewhere else. The HD would be mounted to a *BDS system as
> >>needed without having to reboot that system.
> >>
> >> Claus
>
>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Aren't there kits to make an internal drive an USB =
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>> -----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> From: David Champion [<A =
HREF=3D"mailto:dave@visionary.com">mailto:dave@visionary.com</A>]</FONT>=
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 10:52 AM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> To: cialug@cialug.org</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Poor man's hot-swappable =
hard drive</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> If you shop around for bargains, you can =
sometimes find a decent </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> external USB or FireWire drive cheaper than if =
you bought the </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> same drive </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> by itself.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> -dc</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> Daniel Wittenberg wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > IDE like that wasn't ment to be =
hot-swappable, so you could </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> definitely</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > fry something. You might get lucky =
and have it work, maybe </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> not. Your</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > OS would also have to know how to rescan =
for IDE changes, </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> which usually</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > only happens with SCSI/FW/USB. I =
think they do make </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> hot-swap IDE disk</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > carriers, and obviously scsi/firewire work =
as well. I would suggest</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > just buying an external USB or firewire =
drive and using </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> that instead.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > Dan</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > On Fri, 2005-01-07 at 10:16 -0600, Claus =
wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> >>Is it possible to have the power cable =
and IDE cable hang </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> out of the </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> >>computer case and plug in a HD as =
needed while the computer </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> is running?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> >></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> >>I'm mostly concerned if hardware could =
be damaged or data </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> be corrupted.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> >></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> >>Basically this would be to backup data =
onto a hard drive </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> that is then </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> >>stored somewhere else. The HD =
would be mounted to a *BDS system as </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> >>needed without having to reboot that =
system.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> >></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> >> Claus</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> </FONT>
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