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Craig Seeman November 29th, 2008 07:07 PM

Hot swapping PCIe based ExpressCards with PCIe to ExpressCard Drives, Synchrotech

"We currently have no solution for Mac OS X, although we would be happy to find a solution for PCIe based Mac desktops quickly. Because of the superior quality of Final Cut Pro and Mac OS X, we have had many video professionals wanting to use Sony/Sandisk's SxS ExpressCards with our PCIe to ExpressCard Drive."

Peter Kraft November 30th, 2008 05:04 AM

Finder Reboot
 
Has anyone tried a Finder reboot?

Hit ESC + Option + Command

Choose Finder in dialog box to quite instantly

Hit OK, wait until Finder rebooted.

P.

Craig Seeman November 30th, 2008 08:53 AM

I do see this on Synchrotech's site:

"However, with the release of OpenBSD 4.3, our tests showed the PCIe to ExpressCard drive could hot-swap PCIe based ExpressCards without any modifications to the system's BIOS. Our conclusion is it is a combination of both the BIOS and operating system. Synchrotech is working hard to get operating system and BIOS vendors to rectify this problem. Currrently, many systems require booting with a PCIe based ExpressCard in the ExpressCard slot in order to have the card recognized."

OpenBSD 4.3 - this get's me thinking.
Mac OS X - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mac OS X is based on the Mach kernel and is derived from the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) and later, certain parts from FreeBSD's and NetBSD's implementation of Unix in Nextstep . . . Since Mac OS X is POSIX compliant, many software packages written for the *BSDs or Linux can be recompiled to run on it. Projects such as Fink, MacPorts and pkgsrc provide pre-compiled or pre-formatted packages. Since version 10.3, Mac OS X has included X11.app, . . .

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Since Synchrotech says OpenBSD allows hot swapping and Mac OS is a based on BSD MIGHT there me a Terminal command that will scan the bus to see new hardware? If that's were to be the case then maybe a simple AppleScript running the terminal command would be the cure for the hot swap. Someone might want to poke around in that area.

Craig Seeman November 30th, 2008 09:04 AM

Guide to Unix/BSD/Mac OS X - Wikibooks, collection of open-content textbooks
This page explains some of the ties between OSX and BSD.
"FreeBSD and OpenBSD are taking the NetBSD code for their Macintosh hardware ports."

Mike Williams January 12th, 2009 01:05 AM

So still need a reboot?
 
Anything new? How are you guys injesting into your Mac Towers?


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