Michael Tokarev wrote: > Without proper error handling [...] > linux SATA subsystem isn't ready for production, > and people should not rely on it *now*. As long as disks aren't removed, it's OK for production.. But I'll agree with anyone who says that IDE under Linux just sucks donkey ass compared to IDE under Windows. With Windows 2K and later, unplugging both SATA and PATA devices Just Works (tm). I'm having a hard time figuring how this works: there's enough people supporting Linux to build a complete web-enabled SCM system (git) in a couple of weeks, but noone has bothered to fix this glaring flaw for the past 5 years? What gives? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html