Re: esata drive question

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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.


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