Does anyone know of a PATA or SATA controller that can be reset via software repeatedly for a single boot of a machine? I'm not interested in SCSI, USB, or firewire and there is no RAID involved. I'm after a solution utilizing inexpensive PATA or SATA drives only. I'm contemplating a backup mechanism that backs up to inexpensive removable disks as opposed to using a relatively expensive tape drive. Those disks are in inexpensive removable trays that I can "hot swap" while the OS is up. I don't want the expense or complexity of a backplane that supports hot swap, just a controller that I can send a signal to telling it to shut down, then remove the drive, insert a new one of identical geometry, and then tell the controller to reset and acknowledge the drive so I can mount a backup volume. I know I can do this if I shut the box down after the backup so the swapping is done on an electrically cold machine. I'd rather not be that nasty to the electronics of repeatedly shutting it down and back up just to swap a drive. Bill Gradwohl YCC (817) 224-9400 x211 www.ycc.com SPAMstomper Protected E-mail -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
