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03-26-2003, 03:52 PM
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Registered: Feb 2002
Location: harvard, il
Distribution: Ubuntu 11.4,DD-WRT micro plus ssh,lfs-6.6,Fedora 15,Fedora 16
Posts: 3,233
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PCMCIA block device
how would i i configure my system and/or kernel to use pcmcia base block devices (such as flash cards or microdrives)
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03-27-2003, 10:28 AM
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Registered: Mar 2003
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Distribution: Gentoo / NetBSD
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04-28-2003, 06:29 PM
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well, i got it to work, as it would turn out all i had to do was compile in some modules into the kernel, such as
pcmcia ide...
and poof, the flashcard i have emulates an ide drive so it worked  |
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04-29-2003, 09:33 AM
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excellent. its always nice when it works right off the bat like that. course you learn more when it doesn't... but too much of that can get really frustrating.
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04-29-2003, 07:07 PM
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actually, it took a few tries, but you are right about that |
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