e-sata question

[Constantinos Maltezos]

Hi.  I don't know if this means anything, but I did a quick search on the 
Ubuntu forums and found this:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=679579

It's basically someone asking some advice on what e-sata drive to buy, 
however, the response contains this line:

<quote>
I prefer this method because in my experience, external drives are laden with 
useless (and expensive) features that require Windows.
</quote>

This may not mean what it looks like - I'd kind of be surprised if something 
like a hard drive required a specific operating system - but then again, it 
may.

Also, e-sata support is based on the card or chipset.  To see if yours is 
supported, check out this page:

http://linux-ata.org/driver-status.html