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> > I have a CDROM drive that plugs into the
> > PCMCIA slot. I think Ive managed to work 
> > out which modules it needs by cribbing 
> > from another machine. 
> 
> Huh?  You got modules from a different machine?

No, unfortunate choice of words. I use the other machine
to look for clues. I dont copy things over. Learnt my
lesson the last time I was doing BL. Got into a complete
mess, moving things around.

> AFAIK BL3 already has all the modules it needs
> for a PCMCIA CDROM drive.  You simply do:
> -----------------
> /etc/pcmcia/start
> -----------------
> 
> > I think it needs /dev/hdg 
> 
> Does it say hdg on the screen after you do
> /etc/pcmcia/start ?

Not at first; but after I added the card to /etc/pcmcia/config
cardmgr loaded ide-cs. and hdg was among the messages.
The drive is "Argosy EIDE". Perhaps thats different from IDE.
No idea.

Working now, so, next problem :)


-- 
Bye now,
        Ian.