As far as I have read, any kernel module (driver) can be added
to, or removed from your running kernel, but to add a piece of
hardware I always power the system down, for safety (to hardware)
reasons, a momentary mismatch to the 50 pin connector could cause
a system lockup.
Adding a CD-RW should not require any driver change, cdrecord
contains it's own drivers, a table of commands for various
drives, if you are set up for one CD-RW drive you should be
set up for any CD-RW drive as long as it's not too new for
your version of cdrecord. AFAIK
Adding a SCSI adapter (card) without powering down is one
thing I would NEVER do.
If you mess with a worshiped uptime box you are in for
heart ache. Have one that you turn on and off to WORK with.
> >> accquired an old SCSI Plextor 12/20 CDRW and I want to install
> >> it in my home box.
> The only time you have to re-boot in LINUX, other than
> for a poorly written program, (to re-scan installation files,
> as winblows does it) is to add a hdc=ide-scsi like command
> line into the kernel, I don't know any way around that. AFAIK
Ron 73
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