On Wednesday 23 of September 2015 08:44:24 John Andersen wrote:
I bought one of these and wondered about the same question some years ago. SATA connectors are hot-pluggable, but the corresponding controllers (or their drivers) need not be, especially if they're old. If your motherboard SATA controller is hot-pluggable, so should be the eSATA adapter you connect to it, as far as I know. I've been using one on this computer without problems so far.
But do you ever hot plug anything?
Yes, the external disk for backup. Rarely, it is not recognised by the controller, but this must be related to the controller of the enclosure, because a power cycle of the enclosure resolves this.
Most people don't even do that unless there is a rear panel or front panel connector on your case.
I'm using a SATA to eSATA adapter, just like the one Felix posted. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org