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Hi,

I have installed Slackware 3.3 with kernel 2.0.30 on an IBM Thinkpad
560. It contains 2 PCMCIA cards, slot 0 has a Megahertz
ethernet/faxmodem card and slot 1 contains a RAVEN CDNOTE 4X PCMCIA SCSI
card. When I boot from the diskette using pcmcia.gz image, the cd rom is
detected and I was able to install Linux from the CD. After rebooting, I
get no response from SCSI controller 0, drive 0..and my system hangs.
The CD is set to Address 5, even when changing to address 0 it doesn't
help. If I reboot from the diskette and mount my hard drive, then remove
the /etc/rc.d/rc.pcmcia file, reboot then I do not get the error.
Obviously I no longer have PCMCIA support!
What is the bare.i, pcmcia.gz images on the diskette doing differently
than the installed kernel?

The I/O address of the card is 230 with IRQ 10. Windows 95 sees this as
a RAVEN KXLC002 pcmcia card and linux sees it as a Qlogic card.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance for your help,

Rob

Rob> Hi, I have installed Slackware 3.3 with kernel 2.0.30 on an IBM
Rob> Thinkpad
Rob> 560. It contains 2 PCMCIA cards, slot 0 has a Megahertz
Rob> ethernet/faxmodem card and slot 1 contains a RAVEN CDNOTE 4X
Rob> PCMCIA SCSI card. When I boot from the diskette using pcmcia.gz
Rob> image, the cd rom is detected and I was able to install Linux
Rob> from the CD. After rebooting, I get no response from SCSI
Rob> controller 0, drive 0..and my system hangs.  The CD is set to

You have the cdrom turned on and a disk in it? It might be trying to
mount the install cd on there by default or something.

Rob> Address 5, even when changing to address 0 it doesn't help. If I
Rob> reboot from the diskette and mount my hard drive, then remove the
Rob> /etc/rc.d/rc.pcmcia file, reboot then I do not get the error.
Rob> Obviously I no longer have PCMCIA support!  What is the bare.i,
Rob> pcmcia.gz images on the diskette doing differently than the
Rob> installed kernel?

no idea. I don't use slackware. Could it have a diffrent version that
it installs vs the one on the install disks? I have a 701c, and a
pcmcia scsi card that came with a cdrom. It is recognized as a raven
cdnote, and works fine.

Rob> The I/O address of the card is 230 with IRQ 10. Windows 95 sees
Rob> this as a RAVEN KXLC002 pcmcia card and linux sees it as a Qlogic
Rob> card.

Rob> Any ideas?

You could go and get the newest pcmcia package and rebuild and install
it and see if that helps out.

Rob> Thanks in advance for your help,
Rob> Rob

kevin
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: Hi,
:
: I have installed Slackware 3.3 with kernel 2.0.30 on an IBM Thinkpad
: 560. It contains 2 PCMCIA cards, slot 0 has a Megahertz
: ethernet/faxmodem card and slot 1 contains a RAVEN CDNOTE 4X PCMCIA SCSI
: card. When I boot from the diskette using pcmcia.gz image, the cd rom is
: detected and I was able to install Linux from the CD. After rebooting, I
: get no response from SCSI controller 0, drive 0..and my system hangs.
: The CD is set to Address 5, even when changing to address 0 it doesn't
: help. If I reboot from the diskette and mount my hard drive, then remove
: the /etc/rc.d/rc.pcmcia file, reboot then I do not get the error.
: Obviously I no longer have PCMCIA support!
: What is the bare.i, pcmcia.gz images on the diskette doing differently
: than the installed kernel?

I'm not sure.  The obvious thing to do, though, rather than deleting
the PCMCIA startup script, is to just unplug the SCSI card when you
boot, then try to figure out what's wrong.  Normally, these sorts of
lock-ups indicate some sort of resource (interrupt or IO) conflict.

-- Dave Hinds