On Dec 6, 2007 9:46 PM, Fred A. Miller
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 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
Fred, What exactly is your complaint? Because 10.3 should have pretty complete hot-swap capability. Or is a lack of automation your complant. ie. this works now: plug / manually mount / do work / manually unmount / unplug Repeat (possibly with a new /dev/sdX name even for the same drive). The issue I would like to see solved is hot swap of eSata drives in a Raid array with auto detection and rebuild etc. Currently the /dev/sdX name changes and the raid logic does not understand that a failed drive was replaced. 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