[LUNI] PCMCIA hard drive recognition

[Ronald Malloy]

Doug,

I have not used that hd card, but did a little looking around and found 
this...  I hope it helps!

http://linux-abi.sourceforge.net/

-Ron




doug_dallmer wrote:

>I need the iBCS package which is in the 2.2 kernel.  It is not in the 2.4
>kernel and I can not figure out how to get the "abi-ibcs" package to install
>& work with my legacy software.
>
>Using RedHat 8.0 and a PCMCIA hard drive (Toshiba MK5002MPL - a 5 Gb
>purchased from Dell for ~$160.00) I was able to copy the application
>software from the USB hard disk (not recognized by the 2.2 kernel) to the
>PCMCIA hard disk.
>
>I have just loaded Version 7.2 (the 2.2 Kernel) and have in the fstab
>/dev/hde1   /mnt/users_pcchd   VFAT   defaults   0 0
>
>I see during boot up a message about the kernel does not recognize /dev/hde1
>as a block device, possibly an "insmod driver"?
>After loggin in as root I get:
> hde: lost interrupt
> stat: 58
> hde: lost interrupt
> stat: 58
> hde: lost interrupt
> stat: 58
>
>When I reboot the system hangs with the message about rebooting.
>
>
>
>When I remove the /dev/hde1 line from the fstab and the reboot I get the
>following from the dmesg file:
>
> hde: TOSHIBA MK5002MPL, ATA DISK drive
> ide2 at 0x100-0x107,0x10e on irq 5
> hde: TOSHIBA MK5002MPL, 4794MB w/212kB Cache, CHS=10390/15/63
>  hde:<6>IrDA (tm) Protocols for Linux-2.2 (Dag Brattli)
> hde: lost interrupt
> hde: lost interrupt
> hde: lost interrupt
> parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [SPP,PS2]
> parport_probe: failed
> parport0: no IEEE-1284 device present.
> lp0: using parport0 (polling).
> hde: lost interrupt
>  [PTBL] [649/240/63] hde1
> ide_cs: hde: Vcc = 3.3, Vpp = 0.0
> hde: lost interrupt
> stat: 58
> hde: lost interrupt
> stat: 58
> hde: lost interrupt
> stat: 58
>
>
>After about 3-5 of these error messages it must time out because they go
>away.
>
>
>Any ideas about getting the PCMCIA hard drive useable?
>
>
>Doug Dallmer
>
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>


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