Steve Ling wrote:
> I hot swap a SATA drive to create archives. I have an older motherboard
> with an ICH5 SATA controller that has limited hot swap support and
> requires manual help. I believe it's not until ICH10 that you get full
> automatic hot swap.
>
>    server1:~ # lspci | grep SATA
>    00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB (ICH5) SATA
> Controller (rev 02) 
>   

# lspci | grep ATA
00:0e.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller
(rev a1)
00:0f.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller
(rev a1)

> This is what I do to detect and mount the drive:
>
>    server1:~ # echo 0 0 0 > /sys/class/scsi_host/host?/scan
>
>    server1:~ # mount /media/bkup
>
> Where host? is the host to which the drive is attached (host0, host1,
> etc)

How do I tell which host the drive is attached to?

> and /media/bkup is defined in /etc/fstab via disk label
>
> LABEL=BKUP1 /media/bkup ext3 noauto,acl,user_xattr 0 0
>
> To remove the drive:
>
>    server1:~ # umount /media/bkup
>
>    server1:~ # echo 1 > /sys/block/sd?/device/delete
>
> Where sd? is the device name (sda, sdb, etc). Be sure you have the right
> device name or you may do some damage.

Sounds like a good way to shoot yourself in the foot!

-- 
Bowie

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