On Sunday 01 April 2007 05:15 am, William Warren wrote: > if the hardware can hotswap then you should be ok if i am reading > what les said correctly. From time to time (not now) I have a machine on my testbed I can test this on. Should I break the software RAID first? I'd think so. Do I have to remake the RAID automatically? I'd think so. Can I physically damage either drive? I'd think not. So I'm not sure I understand the problem as long as the (sata) drive is in a hotswap bay. Anything I'm missing? Jeff -- Jeff Lasman, Nobaloney Internet Services P.O. Box 52200, Riverside, CA 92517 Our blists address used on lists is for list email only voice: +1 951 643-7540, or see: "http://www.nobaloney.net/contactus.html"