On Sun, 4 Nov 2007, Rob Windsor wrote: > Eric Haycraft wrote: >> The drives (6 in total) are external (eSATA) ones, so they have their own >> enclosure that I can't open without voiding the warranty... I destroyed one >> enclosure trying out ways to get it to work and learned that there was no >> way to open them up without wrecking the case :( >> >> I have 2 meter sata to esata cables. >> >> The drives are 750GB FreeAgent Pro USB/eSATA drives from Seagate. >> >> Thanks for your help. > > IIRC, eSATA has different signalling specifications from (i)SATA (higher > voltages, for example). > > This would mean that a (passive) SATA-eSATA adapter on a SATA2 card > could present its own issues.
OK - now I understand the issues. The only suggestion I can offer is to try/see if a shielded SATA cable would work for you. See: http://www.cs-electronics.com/serial-ata.htm Also - talk to the CS Electronics guys - they may offer you alternative solutions. I've found them to be knowledgable and reasonably priced - they have never foobarred an order on me. [the usual disclaimers - just a satisfied customer over many years]. Regards, Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc, Plano, TX. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: 972.379.2133 Fax: 972.379.2134 Timezone: US CDT OpenSolaris Governing Board (OGB) Member - Apr 2005 to Mar 2007 http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/ogb/ogb_2005-2007/ Graduate from "sugar-coating school"? Sorry - I never attended! :) _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
