Do not "hot eject" IDE devices 

Forum: PCMCIA ATA/IDE Device Issues
Re: SmartMedia fails after a few retries (Benjamin Fuhrmannek)
Date: 2000, Jun 19
From: David Hinds <dhinds@pcmcia.sourceforge.org>

Use "cardctl eject" before ejecting an IDE device. Otherwise, the kernel IDE driver gets confused and can't free the resources allocated for the card, and eventually, you run out of resources. -- Dave

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1. OK, but... by Benjamin Fuhrmannek, 2000, Jun 19

(_ Of course by David Hinds, 2000, Jun 19

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