Bill Davidsen wrote: > Molle Bestefich wrote: > > So you don't care that your Linux system will deadlock if a PATA disk > > is removed, for instance? Just an example, one that I've seen happen > > a couple of times. Never seen it with Windows, it just tells you that > > the disk is gone. > > Actually I suspect most Linux users are smart enough not to pull a PATA > drive out while in use, and it works just fine if you offline the drive > before removal. That's not a good argument, other things can happen to throw a disk offline. Flaky IDE or power cables and disk failure come to mind. - 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
