On Mon, 10 Jun 2024 00:58:30 +0000 (UTC) Valery Ushakov <u...@stderr.spb.ru> wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 09, 2024 at 15:55:17 +0300, Erkki Ruohtula wrote: > > > On Sun, 9 Jun 2024 12:28:12 +0000 (UTC) > > Martin Husemann <mar...@duskware.de> wrote: > > > > > On Sun, Jun 09, 2024 at 01:47:45PM +0300, Erkki Ruohtula wrote: > > > > I have a "Centennial MicroDrive", 340 Mb that does into a PCMCIA > > > > card slot. Inserting it into the T23, I get these dmesg messages > > > > > > > > [ 6743.118863] wdc2 at pcmcia1 function 0: <INTEGRAL > > > > PERIPHERALS, ATA > > > > CARD> [ 6743.118863] wdc2: i/o mapped mode > > > > [ 6743.618871] atabus2 at wdc2 channel 0 > > > > [ 8339.023384] atabus2: detached > > > > [ 8339.023384] wdc2: detached > > > > > > There should be a drive on that "atabus2", without the drive you > > > can not access the card. > > > > > > Not sure why no drive is detected in your case. > > > > I assumed wdc2 is the drive here. But then one would expect it to > > say "wdc2 at atabus2", not the other way round. I guess I better try > > finding another machine with Windows or Linux where I can test if > > the MicroDrive hardware itself is OK. It is many years since I last > > used it. But machines with PCMCIA slots are getting scarce. > > "wdc" is the "C"ontroller, the drives are "wd". E.g. from a dmesg > from Jornada 690 from from https://dmesgd.nycbug.org - a CF card in a > PCMCIA slot: > > wdc0 at pcmcia1 function 0: <SanDisk, SDCFXPS-032G, > > wdc0: memory mapped mode > atabus0 at wdc0 channel 0 > wd0 at atabus0 drive 0 > wd0: <SDCFXPS-032G> > wd0: drive supports 1-sector PIO transfers, LBA48 addressing > wd0: 30535 MB, 62041 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 62537328 > sectors wd0: 32-bit data port Thanks, now I know what to look for. So the "wd0:" lines show features probed from the drive. This failed so maybe the drive is broken. Erkki
