On Dec 9, 2007 10:57 AM, Philipp Thomas
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
Auto rescan is supposed to happen now for many drivers. To check your hardware's support, see http://linux-ata.org/driver-status.html#matrix (this is actually 6-9 months old) And to manually rescan: echo - - - > /sys/class/scsi_host/hostX/scan Remember, sata drives are handled by the scsi subystem, so you're actually invoking a scsi rescan. Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org