Re: CD-reader on SONY VAIO SR27K
I don't know if this will work -- on my Vaio (PCG-Z505HS) when I boot to
the CD-ROM I have to enter the following at the emergency boot prompt:
linux linux ide1=0x170,0x376
and then it works. (This is from memory - can't find my notes right
now.) YMMV.
ap
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Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin
Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
clists@perrin.socsci.unc.edu * andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu
On 16 Feb 2003 blair.kelly@att.net wrote:
> Werner,
>
> > > If I do 'cardctl ident' when the Sony CD-reader PCMCIA is
> > > inserted I get:
> > >
> > > : Socket 0:
> > > : product info: " ", "NinjaATA-", "V1.0", "AP00 "
> >
> > Werner Heuser <Werner.Heuser@web.de> suggests:
> >
> > So try to configure it in /etc/pcmcia/config or
> > better e.g. /etc/pcmcia/sony_cd.conf
> > see http://mobilix.org/pcmcia_linux_tips.html for details.
>
> I looked at your pcmcia_linux_tips page. I also note
> that your pages list that the SONY PCGA-CD51/A works under
> Linux ... which is encouraging. Unfortunately the page
> does not give any suggestions on how to make it work.
>
> Here is what I tried:
>
> Since /etc/pcmcia/config suggests that new information
> should go in /etc/pcmcia/config.opts ... and you suggested
> adding a file /etc/pcmcia/sony_cd.conf, I added
>
> : source ./sony_cd.conf
>
> to the end of /etc/pcmcia/config.opts. Then I created the
> file /etc/pcmcia/sony_cd.conf and put in it
>
> : card "NinjaATA-"
> : version "V1.0"
> : bind "ide_cs"
>
> Now when I insert the pcmcia card for the SONY cd-reader,
> I get in /var/log/syslog
>
> : Feb 16 09:35:17 hypathia cardmgr[335]: socket 0: Ninja ATA
> : Feb 16 09:35:17 hypathia kernel: cs: memory probe 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff: clean.
> : Feb 16 09:35:18 hypathia cardmgr[335]: executing: 'modprobe ide_cs'
> : Feb 16 09:35:19 hypathia cardmgr[335]: get dev info on socket 0 failed: Resource temporarily unavailable
>
> I do not have anything else plugged into my laptop,
> so I do not understand the "socket 0 failed: Resource
> ... unavailable" messsage.
>
> I am really guessing here, which is probably because of
> my ignorance.
>
> Would you please give another hint or suggest another
> document I should stare at?
>
> > After inserting the card try `dmesg' that will reveal the
> > device, it's not neccessarily /dev/cdrom
>
> When I did this the only difference between the output of
> 'dmesg' prior to inserting the card and after inserting
> the card is
>
> : cs: memory probe 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff: clean.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Blair
>
>
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