On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Carlos E. R.
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On Wednesday, 2009-05-06 at 11:18 -0700, Randall R Schulz wrote:
SATA is not intended for hot-plugging. eSATA (external SATA) does support it.
No, the only difference is the connector. There are simple passive (ie, iron) converters (SATA to eSATA).
I'm not familiar with the details of the connectors, but I have experimented with hotplugging with both types. With a powered on drive, you can hotplug eSata and linux is happy. It you try it with a Sata connector, you get issues. I've forgotten what the were. I have *assumed* that the eSata connector has individual pins (or whatever you call them) of different lengths. That allows specific connections to make connections prior to others as the connector slides into place. I know hotswap boards used to use that technique many years ago. Greg -- Greg Freemyer Head of EDD Tape Extraction and Processing team 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