On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 17:38:27 +0300, Mr.Jason wrote:

>> How do you "spin down" a HD while power is on?

> hdparm -y /dev/hdb

You probably want the "-Y" flag instead. And just to err on the save side,
either "sync" or "hdparm -f /dev/hdb" (and mark it failed in raidtab
ofcource) before yanking it out.

>> It would likely destroy the motherboard, and maybe the HD.
>
> How would it? can you answer for that? What parts of the motherboard?

I suppose if your disks don't physically sit in a swapable bracket, you
could conceivably fry your mobo by hitting a hot wire to some joint ...

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-Menno.