Re: [gentoo-user] Questions about SATA and hot plugging.

[Dale]

Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
>
> you seem to have misunderstood Mark. The power is delivered by the harddisks
> case. AKA external power supply. esata has 0 power distribution capabilities.
> Always remember: first unplug the sata cable, wait, then power. This allows the
> device to flush the cache.
>
>

That was what I understood I just didn't type it in very well.  
Basically, it is not like USB.  The connector only carries data and no 
power for devices.  Since I don't have any external P/Ss then eSATA 
isn't doing me any good right now.  Maybe down the road some day.

Dale

:-)  :-)