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Recommended hot-plug eSATA PCI cards?
- Subject: Recommended hot-plug eSATA PCI cards?
- From: peter.petrakis-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org (Peter Petrakis)
- Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 18:22:42 -0400
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Could you post the output of 'lspci -kn'. What does lsscsi look like when everything is working? Also, the output from 'lsscsi -H' would be good. Peter P.S. lsscsi usually isn't installed by default so yum install or apt-get install ... On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 2:13 PM, Scott Ehrlich <srehrlich-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote: > lspci shows the card just fine. ? The eSATA hard drive works just > fine. ? If the eSATA drive is plugged into the PC while the PC is > already powered on, the drive is not seen. ?I'm not looking to boot > from the eSATA drive. ?Simply interact with it. > > But, if the PC is restarted, but the eSATA drive remains powered on > and plugged into the PC, then Linux sees the drive. > > I happen to be using a startech PCI card whose documentation says > nothing about having a hot-pluggable eSATA port and happens to use VIA > chipset. ? I say these as a point of information (aka fyi). > > Documentation on at least one Promise eSATA card does say the eSATA > port is hot-pluggable. > > Scott > > On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 1:51 PM, Peter Petrakis > <peter.petrakis-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote: >> eSATA is hotpluggable by design. It's not card that's the problem, >> it's the driver and/or the userspace tools which manage the mounting. >> Is it not showing up after you plug it in? If so try doing a scsi bus scan. >> >> http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/linuxp/scsi+-+hot+add,+remove,+rescan+of+scsi+devices >> >> or more to the point, >> echo "- - -" > /sys/class/scsi_host/hostX/scan >> >> where X is the host representing your esata controller. >> >> Peter >> >> >> On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 8:19 AM, Scott Ehrlich <srehrlich-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote: >>> I have a mix of older and newer PCs, some of which only have PCI >>> cards, but most which run Linux that need a PCI card that support >>> hot-plugging of an external eSATA-capable USB drive. >>> >>> I've seen models from Adaptec, Addonics, Promise, among others. >>> Which models do you use and what would you recommend? >>> >>> I only need the ability to back up and transfer data quickly, but with >>> the added benefit of adding/removing the drive whenever I want. >>> >>> I currently have a non hot-plug eSATA card, but I need to reboot the >>> machine whenever the external drive as been disconnected for it to be >>> seen again. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> Scott >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Discuss mailing list >>> Discuss-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org >>> http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org >> http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >
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- Recommended hot-plug eSATA PCI cards?
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- Recommended hot-plug eSATA PCI cards?
- From: peter.petrakis-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org (Peter Petrakis)
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- From: srehrlich-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org (Scott Ehrlich)
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