From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 14 12:57:55 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2AE2DEE for ; Tue, 14 May 2013 12:57:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-wg0-x22a.google.com (mail-wg0-x22a.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c00::22a]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CFF3995 for ; Tue, 14 May 2013 12:57:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wg0-f42.google.com with SMTP id j13so3968438wgh.5 for ; Tue, 14 May 2013 05:57:54 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=GO3imnX+YO3h30/qRQih/OMPgA52LFd8PnaLg4zPmu8=; b=zCLv0NjUzrIharIwUQvDzgVvcEdZY6uuoCCVDxaCEtnUV3rXnVu83USbeRSRAdv9GJ Pyv/EHIjOwtTgsp7sEg33D9JmQu+t6Dnn1doCDNWjeCO5MQvPyIhYLb2hdut1zj2xgMB hAOmKqWrZrSuOyj8lBi/J3FmxKoq7jkGfXLLe7o20I7Ym3UW3MNBrru2i0t4usxCqD9F UUNFHV5XFn2jWaKphGxSGj+4c0qc4yrsgVqZeOAdf4jIjUO+DgAXs8UqSD4viYqkxqsS +bplKIKr/VJsUExP9veGYyKBC0K1TDz4PK6guQfSoYtuU/FVWf8G6/5eHqJT0F9O7poA KMmw== X-Received: by 10.180.185.207 with SMTP id fe15mr6163169wic.33.1368536264077; Tue, 14 May 2013 05:57:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gumby.homeunix.com (87-194-105-247.bethere.co.uk. [87.194.105.247]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id b11sm3198820wiv.10.2013.05.14.05.57.42 for (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 14 May 2013 05:57:43 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 13:57:41 +0100 From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hot Swapping SATA drive? Message-ID: <20130514135741.77d69996@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <20882.9169.697806.928200@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <26657.1368506242@server1.tristatelogic.com> <20882.9169.697806.928200@jerusalem.litteratus.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.0 (GTK+ 2.24.17; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 12:57:55 -0000 On Tue, 14 May 2013 07:45:21 -0400 Robert Huff wrote: > > Ronald F. Guilmette writes: > > > 3) Assuming that I want to do this stuff, what BIOS options > > should I be setting or unsetting on the motherboard? > > I am unable to check the BIOS settings on that MB (which may > be ASrock as well), but I don't believe I had to do anything other > hand make sure eSATA was enabled. I don't there there is any difference between SATA and eSATA above the physical layer. I'm not sure what that setting would do. You do need to set the SATA channel to AHCI. Note that this may require Windows to be updated if it's on a the same drive or if it's on a a group of channels that's switched collectively.