On 08/16/2010 08:43 AM, Nataraj wrote:
Geoffrey Leach wrote:
> On 07/22/2010 08:37:00 AM, Linuxguy123 wrote:
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>> I am wondering how ESATA devices are supposed to work in F13 these
>> days.
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>> Does F13 support hot plugging of ESATA devices ?
>> Are they only recognized at boot time ?
>> Are they supported at all ?
>>
> No problem at all. One caution - I don't run nautilis, so there may be
> an issue there.
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From reading this, it seems that this is dependant upon the hardware
and which driver gets used.
https://ata.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Hardware,_driver_status
Nataraj
On my laptop,
I have external drives connected via esata to my pcmcia
esata adapter. I can unmount the drives and unplug them
and re-plug them and re-mount them while system is up.
Ditto with USB drives.
The sata ports on a motherboard are no different.
I am not so sure about PATA though. I thought those have
to be detected at boot only. Hot swapping PATA (IDE) drives
could lock up or crash your system.