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Date:      Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:11:37 +0100
From:      =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
To:        "Peter Steele" <psteele@maxiscale.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Hot swapping SATA drives
Message-ID:  <86hc5vny6e.fsf@ds4.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <2ACA3DE8F9758A48B8BE2C7A847F91F240CD5E@polaris.maxiscale.com> (Peter Steele's message of "Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:53:20 -0800")
References:  <2ACA3DE8F9758A48B8BE2C7A847F91F240CD5E@polaris.maxiscale.com>

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"Peter Steele" <psteele@maxiscale.com> writes:
> I've done some searches regarding FreeBSD's 7 support for the hot
> swapping of SATA drives and the general consensus appears that it *is*
> supported, but not necessarily with all drive models/brands.

Make sure the SATA controller is running in AHCI mode.  It is disabled
by default on most consumer-grade motherboards.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no



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