[CentOS] esata

Fri May 1 14:25:17 UTC 2009
Jerry Geis <geisj at pagestation.com>

>
> Jerry Geis wrote:
> >/ I am trying to get esata working. my lspci is below.
> />/ 
> />/ When I plug in the disk an turn it on - dmesg reports nothing.
> />/ Is it supposed to report anything like a usb disk does?
> />/ 
> />/ Is there a module to load?
> />/ 
> />/ My motherboard is GA-MA78GM-US2H.
> /
> I've had problems with certain eSATA drives not being seen at all - 
> where as other types of eSATA drives work fine.
>
> I guess if your eSATA drive also has a USB interface, then try that and 
> see if at least the drive can be seen. Although, just because a drive 
> can be seen over USB, doesn't mean that the drive will be seen over the 
> eSATA port ...
>
> James Pearson
>   
James,

In fact it does work under USB. Was hoping to get esata working for 
extra speed.

I tried rebooting with everything attached and that did not help either.
Anything else to try?

Jerry