So here is the situation.<br><br>I managed to get offsite backups back after a long hiatus. <br><br>The short version: a disk drive dock that accepts 2.5" or 3.5" disks<br>does the trick. It comes with a SATA and USB connection.<br>
<br>The USB version works fine. The SATA part does not work.<br><br>Details here <br><a href="http://baheyeldin.com/technology/linux/offsite-backup-linux-using-hard-disk-drive-dock-and-sata-laptop-disks.html">http://baheyeldin.com/technology/linux/offsite-backup-linux-using-hard-disk-drive-dock-and-sata-laptop-disks.html</a><br clear="all">
<br>Anyone had experience with eSATA and is it hotpluggable under Linux?<br>Do you need certain BIOS features for this?<br>-- <br>Khalid M. Baheyeldin<br><a href="http://2bits.com">2bits.com</a>, Inc.<br><a href="http://2bits.com">http://2bits.com</a><br>
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