On 30/10/10 14:30, Chris G wrote:
I've done a bit of Google'ing and there doesn't seem to be a very consistent result, I've found everyting from "doesn't work at all" to "works perfectly, just pops up when plugged in". I've searched for it specifically with Ubuntu 10.04 as that's what I'm using.
Has anyone here had success (or otherwise) with hot-plugging eSata disks?
esata has been working perfectly with hot plug here, a default security policy on the box means that as the disk is considered an "internal" one rather than an external I have to supply the sudo password to mount it. But other than that it just works.
I have had the disk working on another system but I can't remember whether that was hot-plugged or present at power up. I will try rebooting the dekstop with the eSata powered and connected to see if it works then but I really want to be able to hot-plug it.
What happens in /var/log/messages when you plug the device in...is it even recognised there ?