Re: Cheap and cheer full SATA controller
Jaco <[email protected]> Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:53:43 +1300
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| Organization | Workshop Enterprises Ltd. |
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Nothing serious - I was making use of the cheapest eSATA dock I could find at the time, but it was simply not picked up correctly by the OS. I think I'll need to invest in some better quality (& more expensive) equipment. - J On 11/11/14 20:52 , Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > On Mon 14 Nov 2011 10:02:31 NZDT +1300, Jaco wrote: > >> Using a STLabs PCIe card from PBTech ATM - works fine. >> I've not used (external) eSATA much on my machines, and the few >> times I have I've had less-than-desirable experiences. > What were the problems? There shouldn't be any functional difference > between eSATA and SATA. If th ehotplug support works, plugging in a disk > behaves the same as plugging in a USB storage device (except that the > USB performance sucks, which is why I use disk swap caddies). > > Volker > _______________________________________________ NZLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nzlug