Unhooking scsi devices while machine is running
Dave Sill
de5 at ornl.gov
Sat May 25 02:28:51 AEST 1991
In article <1991May24.143831.10687 at csl.dl.nec.com>, harrison at csl.dl.nec.com (Mark Harrison) writes:
>
>1. Is there *any* significance to the order of daisy chaining?
No.
>2. Is it safe to plug and unplug the tape drive while the system
> is up?
No.
>3. (this is the point of the whole posting) Will I screw things
> up if I simply plug and unplug the tape drive into the disk
> drive while the system is running?
Maybe, maybe not. You certainly *could* mess things up.
>4. What FM should I be reading to know about this stuff?
I don't know, but I wish I'd read a copy of it before I took the
course on SCSI fiddling from the School of Hard Knocks.
In my experience, the only safe way to reconfigure SCSI devices is
with the power off on *all* devices, including the system.
--
Dave Sill (de5 at ornl.gov) It will be a great day when our schools have
Martin Marietta Energy Systems all the money they need and the Air Force
Workstation Support has to hold a bake sale to buy a new bomber.
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