On Thu, Feb 19, 2009, Filipe Brandenburger wrote: >Hi, > >On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 10:57, Julio Rodanes - KNET <julio@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> I have read that the AHCI module allows hotplug but when I add a hot new >> SATA disk, the system don't detects it . >> >> Any idea of what the problem is? > >Even though it's hotplug, you have to give Linux a command so that it >will scan the bus and add the disks to its internal tables. > Good stuff deleted... Doing a google search on ``ahci linux'' had this at the top of the list. Is this the best place to look for hardware compatibility? http://linux-ata.org/driver-status.html According to this there are no Adaptec SATA devices with ahci capabilities. I am interested because we have a box with a Supermicro X5DPL-TGM main board with on-board Adaptec AIC-8120 that I would like to be able to hot-swap. Bill -- INTERNET: bill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way Voice: (206) 236-1676 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820 Fax: (206) 232-9186 Most people, sometime in their lives, stumble across truth. Most jump up, brush themselves off, and hurry on about their business as if nothing had happened. - Sir Winston Churchill _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos