is FreeBSD detecting a pccard hdd?

Oliver Lehmann lehmann at ans-netz.de
Fri Nov 14 08:49:47 PST 2003


M. Warner Losh wrote:

> In message: <20031113174801.1caefba4.lehmann at ans-netz.de>
>             Oliver Lehmann <lehmann at ans-netz.de> writes:
> : Hi,
> : 
> : I'm planing to boot my IBM ThinkPad A31 from CD-ROM or floppy, and
> : switching rootdev after the kernel got loaded to an other media (goal:
> : leave the installed hdd 100% untouched). Actually I'm planing to get a
> : Toshiba PCMCIA II (PC-Card) 5GB hdd. Will FreeBSD 5 detect that drive?
> 
> Should.

Ok, I ordered now a HDD UltraBay 2k Adapter + 2.5in hdd. Should be the
easiest and the most reliable way.

> : cbb1: <RF5C476 PCI-CardBus Bridge> mem 0x50100000-0x50100fff irq 10 at
> : device 0.1 on pci2
> : cbb1: failed to enable memory mapping!

Ok, I'll look at this after FreeBSD is installed. (Playing arround with
getting-b0rken-(boot)floppies isn't that funny anyways.)

  Greetings, Oliver

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