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| author | Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com> | 2009-01-06 17:21:00 +0100 |
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| committer | Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com> | 2009-01-06 17:21:00 +0100 |
| commit | 02c84bde234eee4f2089ac3587d138607aaec777 (patch) | |
| tree | 468724d1f5ca42627465fbe354c274b8a13a61e0 /Documentation/ide | |
| parent | e630fcbe9399e0cfec097f516b758680f2b2bdaa (diff) | |
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ide: update warm-plug HOWTO
Reported-by: Bruno Prémont <bonbons@linux-vserver.org>
Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ide/warm-plug-howto.txt | 5 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/ide/warm-plug-howto.txt b/Documentation/ide/warm-plug-howto.txt index d5885468b072..98152bcd515a 100644 --- a/Documentation/ide/warm-plug-howto.txt +++ b/Documentation/ide/warm-plug-howto.txt @@ -11,3 +11,8 @@ unplug old device(s) and plug new device(s) # echo -n "1" > /sys/class/ide_port/idex/scan done + +NOTE: please make sure that partitions are unmounted and that there are +no other active references to devices before doing "delete_devices" step, +also do not attempt "scan" step on devices currently in use -- otherwise +results may be unpredictable and lead to data loss if you're unlucky |