On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 03:01:25PM +0800, Shawn Guo wrote: > On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 03:17:00PM +0200, Zygmunt Krynicki wrote: > > Hello everyone. > > > > I was wondering if anyone is using the SATA port on IMX53 loco (aka > > the quick start). The obvious issue is that of no power to drive the > > hard disk or SSD. Unless you have an eSATA enclosure and an > > appropriate SATA -> eSATA cable, how would you (or how are you) > > using this port. > > > > Three things come to my mind: > > > > 1) Purchase a random ATX power supply unit, connect the 12V rail to > > the disk, connect the SATA cable to the disk and the board. Short > > the appropriate cable on the ATX power supply to turn this on. > > (risky, looks ugly, unsafe). > > > > 2) Purchase a USB-SATA dongle, especially the bare-bone model, get a > > SATA power extender cable, connect one to the USB-SATA board, > > connect the other to the disk. This way we can power the disk from > > USB via the adapter and still use the SATA port on IMX. > > > > 3) Variant of 2) that could drive 3.25" disks. Purchase a 3.5HDD > > enclosure, take it apart, assuming it still has cables (not like > > most 2.5" enclosures that have cable-less connection to the disk) > > connect just the power cable to the disk and discard the rest. > > > > Each solution seems hacky and ugly to me, perhaps one of you has > > found a better way. > > > I saw Richard Zhu has a setup. So I Cc-ed him for comments. > > Not sure what went wrong. Richard did not get Cc-ed. Another try with both his Freescale and Linaro addresses Cc-ed ...
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