[SunRescue] a bit OT but...

[Gregory Leblanc]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Bradford [mailto:mrbill at mrbill.net]
> Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 8:49 AM
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: Re(2): Re(2): [SunRescue] a bit OT but...
> 
> 
> On Thu, Mar 16, 2000 at 09:44:23AM -0500, Tim Hauber wrote:
> > yeah?  plug them in and go, I know it isn't recommended, 
> but I don't have
> > problems with live SCSI changes.
> > Tim
> 
> Do you parachute and bungee jump too?  Live SCSI bus changes are a
> Bad Thing (tm).

As long as you're "appending" drives, and not "inserting" drives, it's not
that bad.  When you stick them on the end, a re-scan of the bus will detect
them, and just picks them up.  When you insert drives in the middle, then it
can wreak havoc on the OS.  The SCSI controller should be content no matter
what you do, as long as you terminate the bus, and don't assign an IDs to
multiple devices (boy, does that cause some WEIRD problems...)
	Greg