Dell 8600, DVD/2d HD hot-pluggable?

Hi,

I've looked around but didn't find the answer. Way back when I first installed woody on this laptop, removing the DVD drive locked it up.

First, from the hardware perspective, would I cause damage by taking the DVD, 2d HD or floppy drive in/out of the ultrabay? Since the above experience I haven't dared, but it would be nice to switch drives without having to shut down, as I'm always running lots of stuff.

If no hardware damage, can someone tell me if kernel 2.6.18 can handle the insertion/removals? (after unmounting the file systems of course).

Thanks.

A.

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