[Eug-lug] External SATA

[T. Joseph CARTER]

On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 02:00:37PM -0700, Bob Miller wrote:
> > Firewire looks to be about the same price, and seems to work OK if you 
> > get a case with a Oxford 911 chipset. Everything else looks like a crap 
> > shoot. As to the testing firewire has received, Apple has been using it 
> > for a long time.
> 
> Yes, but Firewire on Intel Linux has seen a lot less use.

When I last used it, sbp2 (1394-storage, basically) did not automatically
handle hotswap.  It could be made to do so, but it hadn't been finished in
2.4.x--2.6 and udev were supposed to be magic bullets here.