Talk:How to hotswap Ultrabay devices

HAL script

If the script works, your lshal output should contain something similar to this. In this case the Ultrabay device was a second HDD (/dev/sdb).

Note that in the example, storage.hotpluggable = true while before it was false, so the script worked.

udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_SATA_HTS726060M9AT00_MRH453M4H11ARB'
  block.device = '/dev/sdb'  (string)
  block.is_volume = false  (bool)
  block.major = 8  (0x8)  (int)
  block.minor = 16  (0x10)  (int)
  block.storage_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_SATA_HTS726060M9AT00_MRH453M4H11ARB'  (string)
  info.capabilities = {'storage', 'block'} (string list)
  info.category = 'storage'  (string)
  info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_24ca_scsi_host_0_scsi_device_lun0'  (string)
  info.product = 'HTS726060M9AT00'  (string)
  info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_SATA_HTS726060M9AT00_MRH453M4H11ARB'  (string)
  info.vendor = 'ATA'  (string)
  linux.hotplug_type = 3  (0x3)  (int)
  linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.1/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sdb'  (string)
  storage.automount_enabled_hint = true  (bool)
  storage.bus = 'pci'  (string)
  storage.drive_type = 'disk'  (string)
  storage.firmware_version = 'MH4O'  (string)
  storage.hotpluggable = true  (bool)
  storage.lun = 0  (0x0)  (int)
  storage.media_check_enabled = false  (bool)
  storage.model = 'HTS726060M9AT00'  (string)
  storage.no_partitions_hint = false  (bool)
  storage.originating_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer'  (string)
  storage.partitioning_scheme = 'mbr'  (string)
  storage.removable = false  (bool)
  storage.removable.media_available = true  (bool)
  storage.removable.media_size = 60011642880  (0xdf8f90000)  (uint64)
  storage.requires_eject = false  (bool)
  storage.serial = 'SATA_HTS726060M9AT00_MRH453M4H11ARB'  (string)
  storage.size = 60011642880  (0xdf8f90000)  (uint64)
  storage.vendor = 'ATA'  (string)

Known South Bridge PCI IDs

ID	ThinkPad model	South Bridge chip (for Ultrabay)	parent device (host_0, lun0 = 2nd ATA controller, master device)
8086_7111	T20, T21, T22, X20, X21	Intel 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE	/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_7111_scsi_host_0_scsi_device_lun0
8086_248a	T23, T30, X22, X23, X24, X30	Intel 82801CAM IDE U100 (rev 2)	/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_248a_scsi_host_0_scsi_device_lun0
8086_24ca	R50, R51, T40, T40p, T41, T41p, T42, T42p, X31, X32, X40	Intel 82801DBM (ICH4-M)	/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_24ca_scsi_host_0_scsi_device_lun0
8086_2653	R52, T43, T43p, X41, Z60m, Z60t	Intel 82801FBM (ICH6-M)	/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_2653_scsi_host_scsi_device_lun0
8086_27c4	R60, X60	Intel 82801GBM (ICH7 Family)	/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_27c4_scsi_host_scsi_device_lun0
8086_27df	T60, T60p, Z61m, Z61t, Z61p	Intel 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family)	/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_27df_scsi_host_scsi_device_lun0
8086_2850	R61, T61, T61p, X300	Intel 82801H (ICH8 Family)	/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_2850_scsi_host_scsi_device_lun0
8086_2929	R400, R500, T400, T500, W500, W700, X200, X301	Intel 82801I ICH9 Family	/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_2929_scsi_host_0_scsi_device_lun0

lshal output

Please place your lshal output here if you had problems, or if you have a A or W series ThinkPad