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    Interal PCMCIA 5GB HD not accessable

    hwinfo --pcmcia shows:
    23: PCMCIA 00.0: 0000 Unclassified device
    [Created at pcmcia.84]
    UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pcmcia__1__1
    Unique ID: 8Ug_.Xs_g80YB2GB
    Parent ID: wKuB.WOjrQdVj9lA
    SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:0a:04.0/0.0
    SysFS BusID: 0.0
    Hardware Class: unknown
    Model: "KINGSTON DP-PCM2/5GB"
    Hotplug: CardBus
    Socket: 0
    Vendor: pcmcia 0x0186 "KINGSTON"
    Device: pcmcia 0x0800 "DP-PCM2/5GB"
    Driver: "pata_pcmcia"
    Driver Modules: "pata_pcmcia"
    Module Alias: "pcmcia:m0186c0800f04fn00pfn00pa2E6D1829pb19C286CA pc00000000pd00000000"
    Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: pata_pcmcia is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe pata_pcmcia"
    Extra Info: KINGSTON, DP-PCM2/5GB
    Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
    Attached to: #18 (CardBus bridge)

    lspci | grep 'CardBus' shows:
    0a:04.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller

    I have pcmciautils and udev packages installed.
    There is no identifyable device (that I can decern) in /dev to use.
    The card is formated FAT32 and is in the card slot during boot.
    I've tried booting without the card, then inserting after I've logged in and
    am at the KDE Desktop. It doesn't make a difference.
    There is no entry in /etc/fstab as, obviously, I don't know what /dev/* to use,
    nor does /media contain a mount point for it.

    How do I get the PCMCIA HD, which is detected, to be accessable?
    Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007
    "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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    #2
    Re: Interal PCMCIA 5GB HD not accessable

    Don't you have a device called "pcmcia.84" in /dev?
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      #3
      Re: Interal PCMCIA 5GB HD not accessable

      No. A search of my system (as root) with find -name pcmcia.* results in:

      ./lib/modules/2.6.20-16-generic/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia.ko
      ./lib/modules/2.6.20-15-generic/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia.ko
      ./usr/share/icons/mono/scalable/apps/pcmcia.svgz
      ./usr/share/app-install/desktop/pcmcia.desktop
      ./usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.20-15-generic/include/config/pata/pcmcia.h
      ./usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.20-15-generic/include/config/parport/pc/pcmcia.h
      ./usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.20-15-generic/include/config/net/pcmcia.h
      ./usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.20-15-generic/include/config/pcmcia.h
      ./usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.20-15-generic/include/config/hisax/avm/a1/pcmcia.h
      ./usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.20-15-generic/include/config/phone/ixj/pcmcia.h
      ./usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.20-16-generic/include/config/pata/pcmcia.h
      ./usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.20-16-generic/include/config/parport/pc/pcmcia.h
      ./usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.20-16-generic/include/config/net/pcmcia.h
      ./usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.20-16-generic/include/config/pcmcia.h
      ./usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.20-16-generic/include/config/hisax/avm/a1/pcmcia.h
      ./usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.20-16-generic/include/config/phone/ixj/pcmcia.h

      Support for pcmcia is present within the kernel and/or with loaded modules. But I have found no way to actually get the device to be accessible. It's frustrating.
      Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007
      "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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        #4
        Re: Interal PCMCIA 5GB HD not accessable

        No additional /dev/hd* or sd* nodes appear when the device is connected?
        For external use only.
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          Re: Interal PCMCIA 5GB HD not accessable

          No hd* items. The only sd* items are those already being used:

          sda sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4 sda5 sda6 sdb sdc sdc1 sdd sdd1 sdd5

          My fstab:

          # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
          #
          # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
          proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
          # /dev/sda3
          UUID=a2357a43-de81-4157-91ff-4fe745f01a79 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
          # /dev/sda5
          UUID=86bf2016-0d6c-4e46-a72c-52c8a5d4901b /home ext3 defaults 0 2
          # /dev/sda1
          UUID=00B8EA2FB8EA2340 /media/sda1 ntfs defaults,nls=utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1
          # /dev/sda2
          UUID=0842EF0542EEF67A /media/sda2 ntfs defaults,nls=utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1
          # /dev/sda6
          UUID=ea09e5ae-165e-48c7-ab67-884312a84951 none swap sw 0 0
          /dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
          /dev/sdd /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0
          Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007
          "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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            Re: Interal PCMCIA 5GB HD not accessable

            Additional data from system:

            /var/log/kern.log
            Aug 5 17:19:38 paul-toshiba-laptop kernel: [ 2744.550281] pccard: card ejected from slot 0
            Aug 5 17:19:49 paul-toshiba-laptop kernel: [ 2755.447371] pccard: PCMCIA card inserted into slot 0
            Aug 5 17:19:49 paul-toshiba-laptop kernel: [ 2755.447819] pcmcia: registering new device pcmcia0.0
            Aug 5 17:19:49 paul-toshiba-laptop kernel: [ 2755.491781] ata4: PATA max PIO0 cmd 0x00012040 ctl 0x0001204e bmdma 0x00000000 irq 3
            Aug 5 17:19:49 paul-toshiba-laptop kernel: [ 2755.491802] scsi6 : pata_pcmcia
            Aug 5 17:19:50 paul-toshiba-laptop kernel: [ 2755.675615] ata4.00: ATA-0: KINGSTON DP-PCM2/5GB, V2.11 B, max PIO2
            Aug 5 17:19:50 paul-toshiba-laptop kernel: [ 2755.675620] ata4.00: 9818550 sectors, multi 16: LBA
            Aug 5 17:19:50 paul-toshiba-laptop kernel: [ 2755.675754] ata4.00: failed to set xfermode (err_mask=0x1)
            Aug 5 17:19:50 paul-toshiba-laptop kernel: [ 2755.675759] ata4: failed to recover some devices, retrying in 5 secs
            Aug 5 17:19:55 paul-toshiba-laptop kernel: [ 2760.860214] ata4.00: failed to set xfermode (err_mask=0x1)
            Aug 5 17:19:55 paul-toshiba-laptop kernel: [ 2760.860221] ata4: failed to recover some devices, retrying in 5 secs
            Aug 5 17:20:00 paul-toshiba-laptop kernel: [ 2766.028679] ata4.00: failed to set xfermode (err_mask=0x1)
            Aug 5 17:20:00 paul-toshiba-laptop kernel: [ 2766.028686] ata4.00: disabled

            pccardctl info
            PRODID_1="KINGSTON"
            PRODID_2="DP-PCM2/5GB"
            PRODID_3=""
            PRODID_4=""
            MANFID=0186,0800
            FUNCID=4

            pccardctl ident
            Socket 0:
            product info: "KINGSTON", "DP-PCM2/5GB", "", ""
            manfid: 0x0186, 0x0800
            function: 4 (fixed disk)

            /sys/bus/pcmcia/devices$ ls -l (card in)
            total 0
            lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2007-08-05 17:41 0.0 -> ../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:0a:04.0/0.0
            /sys/bus/pcmcia/devices$ ls -l (card out)
            total 0

            In all respects, the card is recognized, even during boot by the kernel. How do I access it?
            Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007
            "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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              Re: Interal PCMCIA 5GB HD not accessable

              Aug 5 17:19:49 paul-toshiba-laptop kernel: [ 2755.447819] pcmcia: registering new device pcmcia0.0
              That doesn't mean something like /dev/pcmcia0.0, does it?

              Look around in /dev and /dev/disk both before and after the card is inserted.
              For external use only.
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                #8
                Re: Interal PCMCIA 5GB HD not accessable

                Would it be that simple.

                The only p* items in /dev are port, ppp, psaux, ptmx, and a whole slew of ptyxx's. There simply appears to be no pre-configured devices for pcmcia - period.
                Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007
                "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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