Hotplug

Posted Jun 14, 2011 11:08 UTC (Tue) by nye (subscriber, #51576)
In reply to: Hotplug by tialaramex
Parent article: Fedora 16 to use Btrfs as its default filesystem

So if one were to try hotplugging a SATA drive, what would be the correct order of connecting/disconnecting the power and data cables?

Posted Jun 14, 2011 18:25 UTC (Tue) by bronson (subscriber, #4806) [Link]

Always ensure a good ground first. Ground is on the power cable.

Actually, for sata it shouldn't matter too much since the data cable has longer dedicated ground pins too. But, in general, power first.