[DC LoCo] Resolve External Drive Issues With JMicron Controllers

[Michael Haney]

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 2:18 PM, Aaron M. Ucko <ucko at debian.org> wrote:

> Michael Haney <thezorch at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > NEC/Renesas appears to be the only source for USB3 controller
> > chipsets, as far as my research goes.
>
> FWIW, my system seems to have an Etron EJ168:
>
> http://www.etron.com/EJ168.php
>
> I haven't yet had occasion to put it through its paces, but will
> probably go with USB 3.0 for my next external hard drive.  (I've been
> using eSATA, but have found that hotplugging won't work, as drives don't
> actually show up until I reboot.  That may stem from connecting them
> through trivial adapters that use motherboard connections primarily
> intended for internal drives, though.)
>
> At any rate, thanks for sharing that tip!
>
>
No problem. My roommate bought the card for our server, he's going to write
an Amazon review for it recommending it for Ubuntu if you're using the same
drive enclosure that we are. We had to lobotomize an Acer Aspire X1935,
yank the guts out of its itsy bitsy case, and put into a bigger, flimsy $19
MicroCenter bought case to make the card fit. It was just the right size to
fit our rack, and its a cheapy. The barely attached, spring loaded optical
drive bay door was severely harmed during construction, and given a proper
waste basket burial with full honors.

Either way, the Mediasonic 8x Probox is behaving now, which is a good
thing. Now, if only we can get MediaWiki working without blowing up MySQL.

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