On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 21:46:30 -0500, Fred A. Miller wrote:

>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.

Oh come on Fred! It's far less serious then you make it to be.

>You have to restart the system with power to the external hard drive and
>the ESATA port connected for it to work.

No! You just need to initiate a rescan which, AFAIK, you can do without
a reboot.

>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.

Yes, because you also have to initiate a bus rescan for the system to
notice that the drive has gone.

Philipp
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