[FONT=Calibri]my eSATA drive was recognized in the yast partition. Is it normal that opensuse doesn’t mount it automatically in the the mount point of yast or is it that my motherboard doesn’t support mounting eSATA automatically? I read where an external eSATA hard drive is just like an internal drive. So can you just plug it in when the computer is off and unplug it after shutdown?
Is hot swap dependent on the SATA driver something on my motherboard? if I don’t get the option of device notifier recognizing it, does that mean its not supported?
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The ability to Hot-Swap eSATA must be enable in the BIOS, but if you read my past messages I only recommend it be connected when you start openSUSE and leave it connected. Further, I would use the YaST Partitioner to add it to your fstab file so its always mounted when openSUSE is started. It is faster than USB and there is no reason not to leave it connected; before - during - & after openSUSE has started.
Thank You,