@onfy Stupid question: is eSATA hot-pluggable?
@vaporeon_ @onfy SATA is already hotpluggable. PCIe is technically hotpluggable
@onfy @vaporeon_ I've hotplugged SATA drives before, you just gotta mark them as removable in EFI (or do it with sth like a CD drive)
heck, there used to be laptops with hotpluggable sata slots for drives
@vaporeon_ @noiob that and I thought the power connectors would short
@onfy @vaporeon_ sata power (and PCIe too I think) is designed to connect the important pins first)
@noiob @vaporeon_ dw I'll find a way to fuck it up
@vaporeon_ @onfy Lenovo called it "Serial Ultrabay"
@noiob @onfy Can confirm, I've also hotplugged SATA disks recently, just the motherboard chipset needs to support it, otherwise you'll have to reboot the system anyway, but it worked fine for me
I think she meant not trying this at home with PCIe?