Build Your Own SATA Hard Drive Switch 131
Mikey Win writes "ExtremeTech shows us a cool hardware hack that allows multiple operating system to boot without dealing with any tedious BIOS setup changes. How? By building your own SATA hard drive switch. The result? You can expect a longer hard drive life span, power supply load reduction, and partitions protected from becoming overwritten or corrupted."
Dubious claims (Score:3, Funny)
"You can expect a longer hard drive life span"
Well, assuming you build it right.
Mad scientist hard drive switch (Score:5, Funny)
Hrmph. Call me when the switch in question is tied to a massive, mad scientist-quality switch, clearly labeled in big letters with "LINUX" on one side, "WINDOWS" on the other. It should also make a satisfying mechanical switching noise whenever I pull it. And if you can make lightning crack outside my window every time, that'd be nice, too.
Sounds like a recipe for disaster (Score:5, Funny)
I would like to see what terrible, terrible things happen when some idiot let loose near your computer decides that the knob on it looks weird and takes it for a spin. In the middle of a kernel compile.
And by terrible things, I mean manslaughter.
Re:Mad scientist hard drive switch (Score:5, Funny)
Hrmph. Call me when the switch in question is tied to a massive, mad scientist-quality switch, clearly labeled in big letters with "LINUX" on one side, "WINDOWS" on the other. It should also make a satisfying mechanical switching noise whenever I pull it. And if you can make lightning crack outside my window every time, that'd be nice, too.
I'll get Igor to start work on that right away.
Re:Mad scientist hard drive switch (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Sounds like a recipe for disaster (Score:4, Funny)
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Re:Mad scientist hard drive switch (Score:3, Funny)
You might be confusing him with iGor, inventor of the iNet.