Felix Miata
eSATA backplane ports have all but disappeared from available new motherboards. Do converters/adapters like these[1] provide hotplug capability with newer motherboard SATA ports?
[1] http://www.monoprice.com/category?c_id=104&cp_id=10407&cs_id=1040707
There are still loads of ATX motherboards that still have them, but they are more expensive. And I believe there is no difference between a regular SATA port and an eSATA port, it is just a different plug. I haven't tried it though. But I think it would work without issue. Case-embedded eSATA front ports also just plug into a SATA port on your mainboard, nothing fancy. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org