On Mon, 15 Nov 2010 23:32:47 +0800, Zhang Weiwu wrote: > I put in a PCMCIA harddisk and wait with the hope something new appear > as /dev/sda*, until the hope vanishes. I tried briefly google without > luck, yet finding detail howto only for 2.4 kernel (in linux document > project). Where do you suggest me to go on from here? Detail follows: > > Script started on Mon 15 Nov 2010 02:43:07 PM UTC r...@ubuntu:~# dmesg | > tail
What a strange name for a machine running Debian >;-P > [ 834.112153] pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: pccard: PCMCIA card inserted > into slot 0 > [ 834.115496] pcmcia 0.0: pcmcia: registering new device pcmcia0.0 (IRQ: 4) > [ 834.195175] scsi5 : pata_pcmcia > [ 834.208260] ata4: PATA max PIO0 cmd 0x100 ctl 0x10e irq 4 > [ 839.372258] ata4.00: qc timeout (cmd 0x91) > [ 839.372397] ata4.00: failed to IDENTIFY (INIT_DEV_PARAMS failed, > err_mask=0x4) > [ 849.536245] ata4.00: qc timeout (cmd 0x91) > [ 849.536386] ata4.00: failed to IDENTIFY (INIT_DEV_PARAMS failed, > err_mask=0x4) > [ 859.700259] ata4.00: qc timeout (cmd 0x91) > [ 859.700399] ata4.00: failed to IDENTIFY (INIT_DEV_PARAMS failed, > err_mask=0x4) (...) Maybe you find something of interest in this kernel mailing list thread: 2.6.23-rc9-git4: pata_pcmcia, disabling IRQ #9 and Re: libata and legacy ide pcmcia failure http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-kernel/2008/3/21/1217354/thread Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.11.15.16.31...@gmail.com