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On Thu, Aug 01, 2013 at 10:51:56AM +0300, Thanasis wrote: |
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> I keep the cable connected to both the motherboard's sata port and to |
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> the external eSata disk enclosure. |
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The _only_ time that I am _certain_ I've received that particular error is in |
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a very similar case. My workstation has 2 SATA cables plugged to the |
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motherboard and hanging out of it. Both of them have given such errors before. |
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Internal SATA connectors are a poor design; external (eSATA) is much better. |
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And sometimes one cable works and not the other. |
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> I noticed that the cable indeed needed reseating, but on the other hand, |
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> the external disk had *not* been powered on since last reboot, i.e. |
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> before these "errors or warnings" in dmesg had appeared. |
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> FWIW, after reseating the cable, I powered the external disk on, run a |
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> forced fsck on it, and no errors where reported. |
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That might not have been necessary, because according to the error the device |
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was disconnected. Glad you have solved your issue. |
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In order to test/fix/backup/use external drives I'm thinking of purchasing a |
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SATA to eSATA Slot Plate Bracket |
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http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-eSATA-Plate-Bracket-ESATAPLATE2/dp/B000NPKGH4/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1375365716&sr=1-2&keywords=SATA+to+eSATA+Slot+Plate+Bracket |
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and an eSATA enclosure, something like this |
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http://www.sabrent.com/category/hard-drive-enclosures/ECS-STU35K/ |
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