[SunRescue] hot swap monitors on SS5

[Sebastian Marius Kirsch]

On Fri, Mar 30, 2001 at 01:28:32PM -0500, Stefan Hames wrote:
> Can you hot-swap monitors on a SparcStation 5 (power-off the monitor,
> but not the SS5), or am I going to fry the S24 FB by trying to?

I always thought this was possible with any box, but I've recently been
proved wrong -- my work machine, an Ultra 5 with Raptor graphics, will
reboot instantly when you pull the monitor. Switching it on and off is
fine, but you may not pull the cable! Strange, that, very strange.

-- 
Yours, Sebastian Kirsch <skirsch at moebius.inka.de>

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