| From: D. Hugh Redelmeier <hugh@xxxxxxxxxx> | Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 15:23:17 -0400 (EDT) This is a bit old. Here's the start of thread in the archives: <http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/2010-April/370236.html> | I have an eSATA external hard drive case. I want to hotplug / unplug it. | | My system is Fedora 11. I've since upgraded for Fedora 13. I still have this problem. | I added an external eSATA port on my desktop computer by adding a bracket | (with an internal cable connected to one of the ordinary SATA sockets on | the motherboard.) | | The SATA controller is an intel ICH9R. To make hotplug work, I needed | to go the computer's BIOS and change the SATA mode to AHCI (it was | IDE). | | I can now hotplug the drive. | | I cannot unplug the drive. If I tell the system to eject the drive, | it complains: | | # eject /dev/sdi | eject: device "/dev/sdi" doesn't have a removable or hotpluggable flag | # cat /sys/block/sdi/removable | 0 | (I don't know where or what a hotpluggable flag is.) | My guess is some kind of HAL rule but I'm not an initiate. Maybe | something in here would work: | <http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_hotswap_UltraBay_devices> I still don't know, but lshal(1) tells me a bit: udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_ST31500341AS_9VS0N5K1' block.device = '/dev/sdi' (string) block.is_volume = false (bool) block.major = 8 (0x8) (int) block.minor = 128 (0x80) (int) block.storage_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_ST31500341AS_9VS0N5K1' (string) info.capabilities = {'storage', 'block'} (string list) info.category = 'storage' (string) info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_2922_scsi_host_5_scsi_device_lun0' (string) info.product = 'ST31500341AS' (string) info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_ST31500341AS_9VS0N5K1' (string) info.vendor = 'ATA' (string) linux.hotplug_type = 3 (0x3) (int) linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host4/target4:0:0/4:0:0:0/block/sdi' (string) storage.automount_enabled_hint = true (bool) storage.bus = 'pci' (string) storage.drive_type = 'disk' (string) storage.firmware_version = 'CC1J' (string) => storage.hotpluggable = false (bool) storage.lun = 0 (0x0) (int) storage.media_check_enabled = false (bool) storage.model = 'ST31500341AS' (string) storage.no_partitions_hint = false (bool) storage.originating_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer' (string) storage.partitioning_scheme = 'mbr' (string) => storage.removable = false (bool) storage.removable.media_available = true (bool) storage.removable.media_size = 1500301910016 (0x15d50f66000) (uint64) => storage.requires_eject = false (bool) storage.serial = 'ST31500341AS_9VS0N5K1' (string) storage.size = 1500301910016 (0x15d50f66000) (uint64) storage.vendor = 'ATA' (string) All those marked settings look wrong to me. I guess HAL rules could fix this. Surely I'm not the first to hit this problem. -- 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
