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Detecting an eSATA drive ∞

Solution: Enable AHCI in your BIOS.

Some commands to know:

modprobe -l | grep pata_acpi
grep pata_acpi /proc/modules
lspci
lsmod
lshal
modprobe -l | grep -i sata

Mounting removable drives:

pmount

sh
for i in {0..4}; do
  echo " * Working on $i .."
  echo 0 - 0 > /sys/class/scsi_host/host${i}/scan
done

sh
for i in {0..6}; do
  /usr/local/sbin/scsiadd -s $i &>> /dev/null
done