On 05/12/2010 08:36 PM, Tim wrote: > On Wed, 2010-05-12 at 19:47 -0700, john wendel wrote: >> I got a bracket with 2 eSATA connectors, on the inside are just 2 sata >> cables that connect to the motherboard sata ports. Works fine with F11 >> and 2 Western Digital external hard drives. No PCI card required, >> unless you need some additional sata ports. > > That may not work for all circumstances. External SATA is supposed to > handle hotplugging, but that's not expected with internal SATA drives. > If an internal host supports hotplugging, consider that to be an > surprise bonus. > Just for reference, the motherboard is an Intel and the sata controller > SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801GR/GH (ICH7 Family) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 01) it's pretty old, but hotplugging works fine in this configuration. -- 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