esata drive question

[john wendel]

On 05/12/2010 09:39 AM, Gerhard Magnus wrote:
> I recently acquired a Toshiba external hard drive that has both usb and
> eSATA ports and would like to use the eSATA connection to take advantage
> of the speed. I'm running FC11 with the gnome desktop. Is it as simple
> as getting an eSATA PCI card and cable or does Fedora have other
> requirements? Thanks for any advice! --Jerry
>
>

I got a bracket with 2 eSATA connectors, on the inside are just 2 sata 
cables that connect to the motherboard sata ports. Works fine with F11 
and 2 Western Digital external hard drives. No PCI card required, unless 
you need some additional sata ports.

Regards,

John