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I have a Lacie D2 Quadra that I have been using through firewire 800. Mac pros at school have an eSata hookup, but my HD will not show up when I try to use it this way. I have assumed the drive is not hotswappable and turned the comp on after plugging in the drive. Am I missing something about eSata here?
@kato I have an external that can do usb and esata. I went back to usb because id have to restart(sometimes) multiple times for it to pick it up. – sealz – 2011-07-15T21:36:43.463
Is the eSATA controller/port enabled? Not sure it can be enabled/disabled on Macs like it can on most PC motherboards. – Snark – 2009-11-17T06:14:17.357
Not sure...but I'm assuming that if the school went through all the trouble of installing the ports and cables they would enable us to use it! I could be wrong though. :P So there's nothing wrong with what I'm doing though? – Kato – 2009-11-17T06:54:33.890
Not that I can find by reading your question. eSata doesn't have a power connection, so do you have the harddisk plugged in a power supply? – Snark – 2009-11-17T08:13:20.567
1Are you asking if I have the Lacie plugged into a power supply? If so, then yes, the drive will not work without it. – Kato – 2009-11-17T08:51:50.223