https://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1026
------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-02-11 16:39 ------- I have checked, and it is still there in mdk9.1 beta 3. I would be glad to provide more diagnostic information, if I could find out how to interrupt the installation process, and where the hardware_discovery list is stored. I would even be prepared to run the install several times (I have a pile of good books to read!) to see where the information about the microdrive disappears. For the time being, the work around is to install Mandrake 9.1 with the microdrive out of its slot. Then edit /etc/lilo.conf to prevent devfs from mounting. Then re-lilo the disk. After that, it all works nice and kentucky. But, BUt, BUT, BUT! don't try this with Mandrake 9.0!!! I did, and it trashed a hard disk beyond repair. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is. ------- Reminder: ------- assigned_to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] status: UNCONFIRMED creation_date: description: I installed 9.1 beta 2 on a Compaq Armada M700 (P3, 800Mhz, 128Mb RAM). I left the IBM 1Gig Microdrive in the PCMCIA slot during the install. At the stage when install is laying out the disk slices, it recognises both the main hard disk and the microdrive. By the time we got to the summary where you configure networking, the card has been transformed into a WinModem. I didn't bother configuring networking for this device. When Mandrake re-booted, it wouldn't recognise the card, or go beyond the ide-cs start hde point. I have read all the correspondence I could find on the Mandrake fora about Microdrives. I can see that there is some kind of problem with devfs too, but I don't know whether this is an instance of the same problem, or a separate issue with installation. In earlier releases of RedHat, there was a block- major-33 module you could configure on, but I don't find any reference to this parameter in the expected places (etc/modules.conf). So while you think about this, I am going to write a script to check every text file on the freaking hard-disk :-)) Keep up the good work! Mike Murphy
