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
I'm running on a laptop that I purchased last summer. The original install was SuSE 10.0 (released early spring, 2006). This is an HP dv8000 system with two internal SATA drives. What do you mean Linux doesn't support SATA? I don't know about eSATA support, but claiming that Linux doesn't support SATA is just a flat out lie. It makes me think that you're not actually interested in help, but instead, are someone working for Microsoft or one of their partners and just posting propaganda FUD to scare people away from Linux. How much are you being paid to post that garbage?
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
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