Hot swap of bay devices -- problem solved (I8K)

Andy Sparrow spadger at best.com
Tue Aug 12 23:14:38 PDT 2003


> 1) atacontrol detach 1
> 2) Remove battery
> 3) Insert floppy and use
>          *OR*
>    Insert Sony CDRW,
>    atacontrol attach 1,
>    and use

What I do, except I always have a device in there rather than a battery, 
so it would never have been appropriate not to do the detach step.

Hmm. Never tried the floppy in the secondary bay - I usually attach it 
to the parallel port when I use it (about twice).

> In my case there are no beeps and I do not have to 
> suspend.

Yup, same for me.

> I hope this helps someone else!

Glad it works for you!

Cheers,

AS




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