On 08/16/2010 08:43 AM, Nataraj wrote: > Geoffrey Leach wrote: >> On 07/22/2010 08:37:00 AM, Linuxguy123 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 ? >>> >> No problem at all. One caution - I don't run nautilis, so there may be >> an issue there. >> >> >> >> > 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. -- 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
