Hardware Problem

[Dennis Kibbe]

On Tuesday 03 December 2002 08:30 pm, you wrote:
> Dennis,
>
> You are right (sort of)..
>
> The computer has 4 pcmcia slots in 2 banks. When I moved the network card
> to the second bank and put the hard drive in the first bank, the pcmcia
> hard drive was recognized, but not the network card!
>
> Actually that is not completely true - I put the network card in the second
> bank, rebooted, and no network card. I then put in the hard drive in the
> first bank, and the os recognized it right away. I guess kernel 2.2 also
> supports hot swapped pcmcia cards?
>
> The kernel is 2.2.something.
>
> Any suggestions on how to (1) get the other pcmcia slots activated, and (2)
> how do I access the new drive (it is hdc, based on what I saw on the
> screen)?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mark

Mark,

Four PCMCIA slots? Seems like alot. <g>

Look closely at the slots to see if one is maked with a symbol indicating 
that it is CardBus. All your slots may not support 32bit.

Dennis