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THOTSWAP(1)		    Toshiba Linux Utilities		   THOTSWAP(1)

NAME
       thotswap - change the device in the SelectBay of a Toshiba laptop with‐
       out rebooting

SYNOPSIS
       thotswap [ -qwzurhv ]

DESCRIPTION
       thotswap is a small daemon that monitors whether	 the  SelectBay	 on  a
       Toshiba	is  locked.   When  the	 SelectBay  is unlocked it attempts to
       remove the device from the IDE bus. On locking the  SelectBay  the  IDE
       bus is rescanned for IDE/ATAPI devices.	This enables SelectBay devices
       to changed without the need for a reboot.

       For some older models that do no support	 hot-swapping,	the  SelectBay
       device  can still be changed using warm-swapping. First use the command
       line to unregister the device. Then suspend the laptop  and  place  the
       new device into the SelectBay. On resuming use the command line to res‐
       can the IDE bus for new devices.

OPTIONS
       -q, --quite
	      Operate in silent mode without the beeps.

       -w, --wall
	      Send messages to the user using wall(1).

       -x, --xmessage
	      Send messages to the user using xmessage(1x).

       -u, --unregister
	      Try an unregister a device from the IDE bus without  going  into
	      daemon mode.

       -r, --rescan
	      Rescan  the  IDE	bus  for new devices without going into daemon
	      mode.

       -h, --help
	      Display a short help message and exit.

       -v, --version
	      Print the version number and exit.

BUGS
       When a none IDE/ATAPI device is inserted you will  see  error  messages
       saying "WARNING: error rescanning the IDE bus". This just means that no
       IDE/ATAPI device could be found and can be safely ignored.

AUTHOR
       This program was written by Jonathan Buzzard  (jonathan@buzzard.org.uk)
       and may be freely distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public
       License. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY for this program.

SEE ALSO
       svpw(1), hotkey(1x), tpasswd(1), alarm(1), wmtuxtime(1x)

				22 January 2000			   THOTSWAP(1)

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