Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 13:03:32 -0700 From: "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com> To: Quartz <quartz@sneakertech.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hot Swapping SATA drive? Message-ID: <70509.1368907412@server1.tristatelogic.com> In-Reply-To: <519794E9.6080500@sneakertech.com>
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In message <519794E9.6080500@sneakertech.com>, Quartz <quartz@sneakertech.com> wrote: >> 3) Assuming that I want to do this stuff, what BIOS options should I >> be setting or unsetting on the motherboard? > >You need the sata ports running in straight up pure ahci mode (as >opposed to "IDE mode" or "compatible" or something that emulates old >style parallel-ata). OK. Thanks Quartz,. I'll make it a point to check for that. >Be aware that Windows up through XP doesn't support ... No worries. The system in question is only running FreeBSD. Someday soon it may be running debian, but *never* will it be running windoze. >You'll also almost certainly want to disable any motherboard-based raid >options too, as they tend to be complete crap. OK. I never use RAID in any form anyway, so it probably is already disabled, but I'll make a point to double check. Thanks!
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