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Getting Ubuntu to recogize my eSATA drive

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Mar 15, 202634491 views
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Solved, see my comment on the accepted answer below, the problem had nothing to do with drivers. I've bought an eSATA enclosure and put a drive in it, and I'm just having no luck getting my Ubuntu 10.04 LTS desktop (64-bit) to recognise it via eSATA. It works fine if I use the same enclosure via it…

Error Output

root@forge:~# rescan-scsi-bus.sh -c
Host adapter 0 (ahci) found.
Host adapter 1 (ahci) found.
Host adapter 2 (ahci) found.
Host adapter 3 (ahci) foun…

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Fix for: Getting Ubuntu to recogize my eSATA drive

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At first blush I'd say there are no drivers in Ubuntu 10.4 for the eSATA on your motherboard. It would seem eSATA is just enough different from regular SATA to require it's own drivers. I've run into the same issue with eSATA on a PCI card. My eSATA…

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