Chris G wrote:
I have an external eSata disk drive that I want to use on my desktop machine occasionally. I have powered it up and connected it and absolutely nothing seems to happen.
You're not using an Eee, by any chance?
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?
Not with hot-plugging ones AFAIK, but I have found that with the Eee (or maybe with Xandros, or just Xandros running on an Eee) that sometimes, after removing a device (properly), USB is totally usless until the box is rebooted.
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.
The destructions should tell you if you can.