Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!cbnews!joe
From: joe@cbnews.att.com (Joseph Judge)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Connecting SCSI devices while powered up?
Summary: Nooooo
Message-ID: <1990Sep2.043635.487@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 2 Sep 90 04:36:35 GMT
References: <989@vm.ucs.UAlberta.CA>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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	*Never* connect/disconnect SCSI devices while the SCSI bus is live
	(== Mac and drives are turned on). I'm sure you'll get responses 
	about this one!

	This is always what I heard and I heard that Apple says the same.

	I've never put it to the test, though. 

	If you've got the money, try it :) (no, really, please don't)


	Joseph Judge		joe@cblpf.att.com

(Bob Bolt) writes:
> 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.
>