On di, 2012-05-22 at 16:05 -0600, Sergey Manucharian wrote: > The controller is : > 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family SATA Controller [IDE mode] (rev 01) IDE mode isn't supposed to support hotswap. You'll need AHCI or RAID mode for that. What driver is loaded for your SATA controller?