On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Linuxguy123 <linuxguy123@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am wondering how ESATA devices are supposed to work in F13 these days. > > Does F13 support hot plugging of ESATA devices ? > Are they only recognized at boot time ? > Are they supported at all ? > > Thanks > > $ uname -a > Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.33.5-124.fc13.i686.PAE #1 SMP Fri Jun 11 > 09:42:24 UTC 2010 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux I haven't had any problems hot plugging regular sata drives so long as the hard drive and BIOS support it. Be sure to have your SATA BIOS settings to AHCI and not IDE. I've done this frequently with failing drives to minimize their "ON" time so I could rescue as much data as possible. Richard -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
