Fred A. Miller wrote: > Sorry I didn't "report" back on this subject sooner.....been VERY busy! > Someone else here said that Linux doesn't handle plug and play ESATA nor > SATA yet, and that is quite right. It's obviously an area that needs to > be addressed SOON as more and more new boxen are being produced with > ESATA connections. > > You have to restart the system with power to the external hard drive and > the ESATA port connected for it to work. Once you disconnect the drive, > you'll get a "smart" error telling you that the drive is about to > fail......annoying but that's about it. > > Fred
I had to look up eSATA but that's OK. I learned something new. BUT, you say that Linux doesn't support SATA? My computer boots OpenSuSE 10.3 from a SATA drive. Kubuntu 7.10 boots from hda and I can mount both SATA drives on my system and access directories/files from both. What am I missing? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
