SATA hot-swap question

[ilikecake]

Quick question about SATA hot swap: I have the Commell LV-677 motherboard in a small backup server that I made. I am not using one of the onboard SATA ports (presumably from the ICH7M southbridge). It looks like these are SATA-150. If I attach an ESATA header to this port, will I be able to hot-swap external drives? I am unsure if this feature is available in SATA-150. If so, is there anything I need to change in the BIOS?

 

[Joe Average]

iirc, the hot swap ability is simply a part of the SATA standard in general, not tied to the first or second generation directly.

 

[Blue Fox]

Make sure that AHCI is also enabled in the BIOS.

 

[ilikecake]

Thanks for the replies. The case does not currently have space for a ESATA header, so it will require a bit of modification to accommodate it. I wanted to make sure it was possible before I got out the drill.

 

[ALL4AMD]

I had an IT121 prof tell me that it will destroy the drive if u unblug it while it was on

 

[Dually]

Make sure that AHCI is also enabled in the BIOS.

Isn't the AHCI driver required as well?

 

[ilikecake]

I had an IT121 prof tell me that it will destroy the drive if u unblug it while it was on

I take it from the that this was all lies?

Isn't the AHCI driver required as well?

The server is running Ubuntu 8.04 if that matters.

 

[ALL4AMD]

I take it from the that this was all lies?

yes as i proved him wrong and he got pissed