I don't know if this will work -- on my Vaio (PCG-Z505HS) when I boot to the CD-ROM I have to enter the following at the emergency boot prompt:
linux linux ide1=0x170,0x376 and then it works. (This is from memory - can't find my notes right now.) YMMV. ap ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] * andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu On 16 Feb 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Werner, > > > > If I do 'cardctl ident' when the Sony CD-reader PCMCIA is > > > inserted I get: > > > > > > : Socket 0: > > > : product info: " ", "NinjaATA-", "V1.0", "AP00 " > > > > Werner Heuser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> suggests: > > > > So try to configure it in /etc/pcmcia/config or > > better e.g. /etc/pcmcia/sony_cd.conf > > see http://mobilix.org/pcmcia_linux_tips.html for details. > > I looked at your pcmcia_linux_tips page. I also note > that your pages list that the SONY PCGA-CD51/A works under > Linux ... which is encouraging. Unfortunately the page > does not give any suggestions on how to make it work. > > Here is what I tried: > > Since /etc/pcmcia/config suggests that new information > should go in /etc/pcmcia/config.opts ... and you suggested > adding a file /etc/pcmcia/sony_cd.conf, I added > > : source ./sony_cd.conf > > to the end of /etc/pcmcia/config.opts. Then I created the > file /etc/pcmcia/sony_cd.conf and put in it > > : card "NinjaATA-" > : version "V1.0" > : bind "ide_cs" > > Now when I insert the pcmcia card for the SONY cd-reader, > I get in /var/log/syslog > > : Feb 16 09:35:17 hypathia cardmgr[335]: socket 0: Ninja ATA > : Feb 16 09:35:17 hypathia kernel: cs: memory probe 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff: > clean. > : Feb 16 09:35:18 hypathia cardmgr[335]: executing: 'modprobe ide_cs' > : Feb 16 09:35:19 hypathia cardmgr[335]: get dev info on socket 0 failed: > Resource temporarily unavailable > > I do not have anything else plugged into my laptop, > so I do not understand the "socket 0 failed: Resource > ... unavailable" messsage. > > I am really guessing here, which is probably because of > my ignorance. > > Would you please give another hint or suggest another > document I should stare at? > > > After inserting the card try `dmesg' that will reveal the > > device, it's not neccessarily /dev/cdrom > > When I did this the only difference between the output of > 'dmesg' prior to inserting the card and after inserting > the card is > > : cs: memory probe 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff: clean. > > Thanks! > > Blair > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
