From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 10 20:37:40 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C351616A41B for ; Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:37:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net (ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net [80.76.149.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C90513C469 for ; Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:37:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from c83-253-25-183.bredband.comhem.se ([83.253.25.183]:54958 helo=falcon.midgard.homeip.net) by ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1J1pNj-000694-6W for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:37:39 +0100 Received: (qmail 92567 invoked from network); 10 Dec 2007 21:37:35 +0100 Received: from owl.midgard.homeip.net (10.1.5.7) by falcon.midgard.homeip.net with ESMTP; 10 Dec 2007 21:37:35 +0100 Received: (qmail 26106 invoked by uid 1001); 10 Dec 2007 21:37:35 +0100 Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:37:35 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson To: DSA - JCR Message-ID: <20071210203735.GA26067@owl.midgard.homeip.net> Mail-Followup-To: DSA - JCR , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4352.84.18.9.75.1197315061.squirrel@mail.dsa.es> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4352.84.18.9.75.1197315061.squirrel@mail.dsa.es> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Originating-IP: 83.253.25.183 X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1J1pNj-000694-6W. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net 1J1pNj-000694-6W fcf7d7f44938cf19abfe14be5c52f603 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.2 and ESATA X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:37:40 -0000 On Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 07:31:01PM -0000, DSA - JCR wrote: > Hi all > > I wonder to know if FreebSD 6.2 (I386) has drivers for ESATA (External > SATA): I haven't found anything about the item and I would like to use > ESATA in spite of USB Disks for backups because of its speed. > The only real difference between E-SATA and normal SATA is the physical connector. Any SATA controller-chip can be used for either normal SATA or ESATA. FreeBSD has drivers for many, but not all, SATA controllers and thus FreeBSD supports many ESATA implemntations, but not all of them. -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se