Re: CD-reader on SONY VAIO SR27K

[blair.kelly@att.net]

Werner,

> > Feb 15 09:10:15 hypathia cardmgr[336]: executing: 'modprobe ide_cs'
> > Feb 15 09:10:16 hypathia cardmgr[336]: get dev info on socket 0 failed: Resource temporarily unavailable
> 
> AFAIK there is a switch on the PCMCIA card, put it in another
> position ( PCMCIA -> CardBus). And have a look what `cardctl ident'
> tells you about the card.

For the Sony CD-reader (PCGA-CD51/A), the PCMCIA card does
NOT have any switch on it.  Nor any such switch on the reader.

If I do 'cardctl ident' when the Sony CD-reader PCMCIA is
inserted I get:

: Socket 0:
:   product info: " ", "NinjaATA-", "V1.0", "AP00 "

I _do_ have a HP CD-Writer (M820 series) where the PCMCIA card
DOES have such a switch.  It was already set on CardBus.
When I insert the HP CD-Writer and do 'cardctl ident' I get:

: Socket 0:
:   product info: "KME    ", "SCSI-CARD-001", "1"
:   manfid: 0x0032, 0x2604
:   PCI id: 0x1145, 0xf007

and /var/log/syslog says when I insert this device

Feb 15 10:42:31 hypathia cardmgr[336]: unsupported card in socket 0
Feb 15 10:42:31 hypathia kernel: cs: cb_alloc(bus 2): vendor 0x1145, device 0xf007
Feb 15 10:42:31 hypathia cardmgr[336]:   product info: "KME    ", "SCSI-CARD-001", "1"
Feb 15 10:42:31 hypathia cardmgr[336]:   manfid: 0x0032, 0x2604
Feb 15 10:42:31 hypathia cardmgr[336]:   PCI id: 0x1145, 0xf007

But I do not have better luck with HP CD-Writer than I do
with the Sony CD-reader - both give me the same response
when I do 'mount /cdrom':

: mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device

I was trying to get the Sony CD-reader to work first, but
either would be acceptable.

I appreciate your help.

Blair