Re: Hotswap IDE?

[Matt Rowley <matt_(_at_)_arin_(_dot_)_net>]

What about throwing an IDE drive into an external USB enclosure? 
Hot-swappable and portable, which I believe were his two requirements.

--Matt


--On Sunday, April 17, 2005 08:37:49 PM -0500 Marco Peereboom 
<slash_(_at_)_peereboom_(_dot_)_us> wrote:

> As I said, they might or might not work.  If that type of flaky stuff
> floats your boat, hey more power to you!
>
> On Apr 17, 2005, at 8:15 PM, C. Bensend wrote:
>
> > > Accusys ACS7500 IS hot swap _AND_ does RAID 1 _AND_ works just fine
> > > with OpenBSD _AND_  has status LEDs that show failure and rebuild
> > > progress.
> >
> > _AND_ also has issues with certain motherboards.
> >
> > Don't get me wrong - I absolutely love them.  But, I've found two
> > completely different motherboards that simply would not work with
> > an Accusys unit (one was an Asus board, one was I believe an Abit).
> >
> > But when they do work, oh mama, they are nice.  :)
> >
> > Benny
> >
> >
> > --
> > Nixon: "Hello, Morbo!  How's the family?"
> > Morbo: "Beligerant and numerous."
> >                                                   -- Futurama