On Saturday 03 November 2007 18:23:47 joe wrote:

Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Bryen [11-03-07 13:08]:

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I have two dvd-rw drives on this box (10.3) and need to take one out. What is the recommended procedure for safely removing this ide device?

init 6

I think "init 0" would be a better choice here -

Given that init 6 is reboot, yes, I agree :) Or "poweroff", which is easier to remember

For the most part correct, but if the removal of the device caused a re-naming of remaining devices,

That shouldn't happen in 10.3, the devices should all get unique names which should be static no matter what you put in or remove Anders -- Madness takes its toll -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Sat, 2007-11-03 at 13:15 -0400, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

* Bryen [11-03-07 13:08]:

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I have two dvd-rw drives on this box (10.3) and need to take one out. What is the recommended procedure for safely removing this ide device?

init 6 remove power source remove case elements necessary for access

ground case and self/or self to case

unplug wired connections release device retaining hardware replace removed case elements

remove self-to-case grounding

connect power start system

afaik, has been this way for ages. - -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2

Thanks. Actually, what I was looking for was whether there were procedures within suse to tell it that the device will no longer exist in the system. Physically removing the hardware as you described, I can do. :-) I had this problem back in 9.3. (Actually, it was swapping out hardware) where the system would become unresponsive upon bootup until I switched back to the original hardware. That's probably an entirely different scenario from simply removing hardware. -- ---Bryen--- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Sun, 2007-11-04 at 07:36 +0800, Joe Morris (NTM) wrote:

On 11/04/2007 01:31 AM, Bryen wrote:

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Thanks. Actually, what I was looking for was whether there were procedures within suse to tell it that the device will no longer exist in the system. Physically removing the hardware as you described, I can do. :-)

You could run Yast2, Hardware, Hardware Information, which causes it to rescan all your hardware and possibly get rid of left over info regarding the removed hardware.

-- Joe Morris Registered Linux user 231871 running openSUSE 10.3 x86_64

That's a good tidbit to know. I appreciate you and everyone else chiming in with the good advice. As it turns out, unlike my 9.3 days, this was a non-event. Computer didn't balk at all. :-) Thanks all! -- ---Bryen--- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org