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F. Appendix F: Hotswap Hard disk
F.1 Introduction
Hot swap is a feature supported by the Advanced Host Controller
Interface(AHCI). Hot swap allows devices to be removed and inserted while
the system is running.
In order for hot swap to be enabled, the following must to be true :
1. bios select Advanced Æ IDE configuration -Æ Configure SATA as -Æ AHCI
2. Operating system must to be support the AHCI driver. But be notes that AHCI is
fully supported out of the box for Microsoft Windows and the Linux
operating system from kernel 2.6.19 or later.