Harald Sundt wrote:
> I have an Adaptect SlimSCSI 1460 PCMCIA card, how do I access my Syquest
> Eazydrive 135 from my Excaliber 300 Laptop running Mandrake 7.1? Is
> there a web page devoted to using syquest 135s on Linux?
I had to qualify IRIX's SCSI driver for the Syquest 135 once upon
a time. It worked just like any other SCSI removable disk.
The drive will be /dev/sd?, where ? is a lowercase letter, and the
partitions will be /dev/sd?1 through /dev/sd?9. I think you're more
likely to have problems recognizing the Adaptec card.
Does the "cardctl ident" command show the Adaptec? The APA-1460 is
listed in /etc/pcmcia/config on my machine, so it should.
The file /var/lib/pcmcia/stab should show the Adaptec's SCSI
controller number. I've never had a PCMCIA SCSI card, so I'm not sure
what the syntax is.
The PCMCIA HOWTO explains this stuff pretty well. Or, rather, it
explained network cards really well, and I expect it would do the same
for SCSI. Especially because David Hinds, the author, also worked on
Linux' SCSI system.
You will be able to edit /etc/pcmcia/scsi.opts to tell it where and
how to mount the Syquest when you insert the card. You probably will
want to use supermount on it -- that will automatically recognize disk
inserts and ejects as well as card inserts/ejects.
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/PCMCIA-HOWTO.html
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