On 06/17/2011 03:09 PM, JD wrote:
If I insert the good card, the card is recognized, and I can hot plug the external drive into the esata port and all is well.
The Syba card freezes the system whether I plug it in before or after boot. To be fair to Syba, they gave me an RMA and I returned it for an exchange. Will know in 2 weeks what the replacement card will do.
If the system hangs on an insert, did you check /var/log/messages for any information which may have been recorded before the hang?