Re: eSATA woes

[Gregory Seidman <gsslist+debian@anthropohedron.net>]

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