Scott:
Thanks for the reply. I am unable to use the virtual terminal at that
point. No error messages are present. and it is the only card in the pcmcia
bay. I downloaded the newest driver "pcmcia.img" yesterday, so thats not
the problem. Still stuck but still trying.
thanks
Bill
At 07:09 PM 8/10/99 -0500, you wrote:
>William,
>
>Are you able to Alt-F2 or F3 or F4 to see the other virtual terminals and what
>error messages maybe there?
>
>I checked the Linux PCMCIA homepage supported device list and the 1460a is on
>it.
>
>Do you have any other PCMCIA/Cardbus cards installed at the same time. The
>laptop your using should have IRQ10 free unless BIOS setup options have been
>changed or Windoze has moved resources. If I remember correctly the IRQ's are:
>
>IRQ 3 IR Port on older BIOS
>IRQ 4 COM1 9pin
>IRQ 5 Audio
>IRQ 7 lpt
>IRQ 9 IR port with newest BIOS, but I'm not sure the Armada 7400 and up moved
>the IR to IRQ9
>IRQ 10 should be free unless some other pcmcia card is installed
>IRQ 11 PCI only.
>
>The controller is a TI-1131.
>
>I know the 1480 is Cardbus but I can't remember if the 1460a is pcmcia or
>cardbus.
>
>I worked an issue with a 1460a on an Armada 7400 with NT4 where it hung. The
>hang was caused by bent pins on the SCSI cable. These guys had ruined one
cable
>and two 50/68 pin adapters by bending the pins.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>scott worley
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>
>
>On 10-Aug-99 William D. Taylor wrote:
>>
>> I am trying to install Mandrake 6.0 on a Compaq notebook utilizing the
pcmcia
>> slot using an adaptec APA 1460a pcmcia card. I boot Lilo get to the pcmcia
>> support option, answer yes, insert the pcmcia.img disk that I made using
>> rawrite, it loads the data then hangs at starting card services.....
>>
>> any suggestions?
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