On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 03:30:18AM -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > Gregory Seidman put forth on 12/17/2009 10:37 AM: > > > It's automatically detected and the sata_sil24 module loads. The problem > > comes when I try to connect an eSATA enclosure. I get console messages > > immediately upon connecting an eSATA drive, but it goes through a cycle of > > trying to establish a link, timing out, resetting, retrying, etc. a few > > times before finally giving up. > > This is most likely caused by massive electrical signaling errors. How > many different eSATA cables have you tried? You don't even mention > cables in your post, yet this is always the _first_ thing you should > check/swap when you have problems with external devices. > > Try another eSATA cable and report back.
I tried a couple of cables that came with the enclosures, but I recently received some longer (and probably better) cables that I will try tonight or tomorrow. Thanks for the suggestion, and I'll report back. > Stan --Greg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
