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From: anderson@Apple.COM (Clark Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Connecting SCSI devices while powered up?
Message-ID: <44492@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 2 Sep 90 18:39:13 GMT
References: <989@vm.ucs.UAlberta.CA>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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From: BBOLT@vm.ucs.UAlberta.CA (Bob Bolt):
>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.

One of our SCSI gurus here says that he's "seen lots of SCSI
controller boards fried" because the bus wasn't powered down when
the user added/removed a device from the chain.

Offhand, I'd say that the annoyance of shutting down would be nothing
compared to having to buy a new drive...

                                       --clark
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