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Hey, just bought an eSATA/USB dual drive docking station and my CentOS 5 can only see one drive at a time... Any one knows if there are specific parameters to set somewhere? Or do I need a more recent kernel (like upgrading to CentOS 6?) The docking is a Sharkoon Quickport Duo v2 + 2 drives + 1 eSATA cable... http://www.sharkoon.com/?q=en/content/sata-quickport-duo-v2 The eSATA controller is an HighPpoint PciE 2 ports combo eSATA/USB with (supposedly) port-multiplier support Apparently based on an Silicon image Sil 3132 Seems like the port multiplier part d...

Hello, for quick harddrive tests (SMART, noise, backup etc..) I bought a very nice "docking" station connected to my ICH9 SATA controller (http://www.sharkoon.com/html/produkte/externe_gehaeuse/sata_quickport_pro/index_en.html) I can read/write to inserted disks, also smartctl works, but my favourite test doesn't run: diskinfo -t /dev/ad10 returns: ioctl(DIOCGMEDIASIZE) failed, probably not a disk.: Inappropriate ioctl for device The eSATA bridge...

...FS or iSCSI export of underlying devices. This particular setup is for a home VMWare lab, using spare hardware parts I have around. I''m trying to do something like http://forums.servethehome.com/showthread.php?464-HP-MicroServer-HBA-controller-recommendation (using 4x SSD in http://www.sharkoon.com/?q=en/node/1824 and 4x SATA in the internal drive cage) and from that thread alone can''t quite tell whether it would fit, physically. Anyone running LSI 9211-8i in that little box without 90 degree Mini-SAS? If you do ineed need a 90 degree Mini-SAS, do you have a part number for me,...