Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 15:57:49 +0000 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB 3 / eSATA support Message-ID: <20120206155749.3330f26e@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <c26469f388894b906009df50f9de7944@www.dweimer.net> References: <7812e1a4e56393474531630a0b2f84f1@www.dweimer.net> <4F2BF2F4.4010903@sentex.net> <ca14074542157870d84920ad8a944daf@www.dweimer.net> <20120204023652.0354836b@gumby.homeunix.com> <c26469f388894b906009df50f9de7944@www.dweimer.net>
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On Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:49:11 -0500 Dean E. Weimer wrote: > On 03.02.2012 21:36, RW wrote: > > Just in case you aren't aware, you don't necessarily need an eSATA > > card. You can get eSATA back-plates that plug into spare SATA > > connections on your motherboard. > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > That the board has plenty of, how does that work with removing the > drives? > Does it require a reboot? AFAIK there's no difference between SATA and eSATA above the physical layer. It's just cabling and some minor voltage range changes (which are designed to work SATA to eSATA, or eSATA to eSATA). Hot-swapping is a SATA feature supported under AHCI. You probably need to switch this on in the BIOS. Some legacy OSs don't support it, so IDE is usually the default.
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