On 2019-08-25 4:35 p.m., Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 25/08/2019 23.30, Mayayana wrote:
"Carlos E.R." wrote

| And the rest is done with trays that face you.
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| Cables at the back... :-P
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There used to be an Englishman in the programming
groups who liked to use caddies. I don't know quite how
they worked, but somehow he installed a chassis in
a drive bay and then had 3 1/2" enclosures for the
hard disks, that fit into the chassis. So when he wanted
to test software, rather than use a VM, he just pulled
out one hard disk and slid in another, with a different
OS on each disk. I picture it as something like an 8-track
player but I've never actually seen such hardware.

Yes, I remember hearing of that kind of setup, but elsewhere.

Personally I change hardware very rarely, so I don't
need any special convenience.

Most of us use VM for those things, I guess...



M Coolermaster CM690 II case has what they called an X Bay built into
the top It is a slanted ramp with SSD connectors at the lower end It is
a hot Swap bay and you can plug or unplug SSDs at any time.
I have about 5 12 GB samsung and Kingston SSDs on which I have installed

Windows 10 insider
Windows 7
Linux Mint
MX Linux
ZenialPup 7.5

So I just slide in whatever OS I want and boot into that drive.
Best thing since sliced bread, They still make that case 10 years later
but sadly have not retained that feature.

Rene