Re: Dell Latitude E series & docking station eject?

[Glenn Hopwood <ghopwood.list@xxxxxxxxx>]

I don't often undock without shutting down even when I had an XP 
machine. If I need to go to a meeting or leave for the day I just use it 
as an opportunity to reboot.

I'll keep the issue in mind though.

Glenn

On 4/13/2011 2:00 PM, David Gibbs wrote:
> Glenn Hopwood wrote:
> > According to their sales literature...
> > "Transition seamlessly to a desktop environment with the new E-Port and
> > E-Port Plus docking solutions featuring true hot docking and undocking
> > capabilities. Both docking solutions provide an expansive compliment of
> > USB, powered eSATA and graphics ports."
> > http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/latitude-e6410/pd
> >
> > I've done it without any obvious issues.
> I think you're operating on borrowed time there ... if you've got a devices that's writing data, and you kill connection, only one thing can happen.  Data corruption.  This isn't a windows issue, it's a computer issue.  Same as if you unplugged the connection to your (unmirrored) IBM i dasd while it was writing.