How to hot-swap SATA disks on Linux

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To remove a SATA on a live Linux system:

  1. Ensure the disk is unmounted.
  2. Ensure the disk isn't used by swap or LVM groups.
  3. Power down the disk by running /sys/block/sdX/device/delete.