On Sat, 9 Oct 1999, John Miskinis wrote: > I am trying to get my JVC XR-W2040 CDROM drive to work under > debian linux as my other CDROM is very flaky even when it is > sometimes seen at bootup. I think I am EXTREMELY close, and > would really appreciated any help. I have been studying the > PCMCIA-Howto, but can't get any farther on my own. I even > re-installed 2.1 debian last night, to erase previous attempts > and start clean.
Hey, debian linux is not windows ;-) > [...] > I have included much information in this post in an attempt > to allow someone with experience to perhaps see what is wrong. > It may be as simple as trying to use IRQ3, when it might actually > be using IRQ3 for a serial device. There is really only one > serial port on my thinkpad 560, I have no idea why it tries to > configure 2 of them. I have included below: (if more is needed I > will comply ASAP) > tty00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A > tty01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A AFAIK your TP 560 has a IR port, this is one of two ports, the other is the serial port. Martin -- If the box says 'Windows 95 or better', it should run on Linux, right? - anonymous For public PGP-key: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED]