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From: BBOLT@vm.ucs.UAlberta.CA (Bob Bolt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Connecting SCSI devices while powered up?
Message-ID: <989@vm.ucs.UAlberta.CA>
Date: 31 Aug 90 16:08:07 GMT
Reply-To: BBOLT@vm.ucs.UAlberta.CA
Organization: University of Alberta VM/CMS
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Does anyone know is it is safe to connect and disconnect SCSI devices while
the power on the computer and SCSI device is still on? I often have to add
or remove hard drives and tape backup units to my system and it is annoying
to have to reboot every time. I recently obtained the MountEm fkey and the
docs imply that it is okay to plug a hard drive into the SCSI port with
the computer running and then mount the drive.
 
Is it safe to do this or are there potentially dire consequences like those
listed for connecting ADB devices while the computer is on (which I have
done for some time now without any problems :-/)
 
Bob Bolt
BBOLT@VM.UCS.UALBERTA.CA