Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!mailrus!iuvax!rutgers!cbmvax!grr From: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: Can I safely remove a SCSI device from a running DEC3100 Message-ID: <13754@cbmvax.commodore.com> Date: 10 Aug 90 18:37:04 GMT References: Reply-To: grr@cbmvax (George Robbins) Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA Lines: 20 In article johan@dutnak2..tudelft.nl (Johan de Haas) writes: > We have an Exabyte connected to a DECstation 3100. Every now and then > we want to connect it to another machine. BUT, we don't want to shut > down the DEC, since it acts as a cheap fileserver for a lot of users. > > We are not sure if we can safely do this. If the SCSI bus is active, with disks and things running, you stand a real good chance of trashing disk transfers in progress. Also, SCSI isn't set up for "hot" connection/disconnection, no protection for the drivers or receivers so you'd probably zap something fairly quickly unless you power down both sides. > Anyone on the net doing it all the time? Probably. 8-) -- George Robbins - now working for, uucp: {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr but no way officially representing: domain: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com Commodore, Engineering Department phone: 215-431-9349 (only by moonlite)