Re: PCMCIA based external IDE HDD

Roland Moriz wrote:
>
> Hey cool,
>
> is it really working without any extra-setup ?!

Here's a (modified) copy of an email I sent a few days ago:

It just works out of the box (more or less). This is what I did
(if I remember correctly)

- install disk in ExDrive enclosure
- insert PCMCIA connector into laptop (recognized as hde - I
  usually use 'tail -f /var/log/messages' when doing something new)
- you can use 'cardctl ident', 'cardctl config' and 'cardctl
  status' (as root) to check settings (but not necessary)
> cardctl ident
  Socket 0:
    product info: "Addonics", "PMIDE-ASC", "Rev 1.04"
    function: 4 (fixed disk)
> cardctl status
  Socket 0:
    5V 16-bit PC Card
    function 0: [ready], [wp], [bat dead], [bat low]
> cardctl config
  Socket 0:
    Vcc 5.0V Vpp1 0.0V Vpp2 0.0V
    interface type is "memory and I/O"
    irq 3 [exclusive] [level]
    function 0:
      config base 0x0400
        option 0x41 status 0x00 pin 0x00 copy 0x00
      io 0x0100-0x010f [auto]
- use 'fdisk' to partition disk and 'mkfs' to create filesystem
- copy files onto disk
- cardctl eject
- eject PCMCIA and insert into iPAQ sleeve (recognized as hda)
- mkdir /mnt/hda1 (if you don't already have one)
- mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1
- hdparm -S 1 /dev/hda (as mentioned before - let me know if you
  need an iPAQ binary of hdparm)

That should be it. You shouldn't need anything much else.
When I heard about the ExDrive, and remembered I had an old
laptop disk lying around, I realized this could be very cool. Now
I'm trying to find a decent way to install this setup in my car.

If you need anything to get yourself set up, let me know.

Regards,

Mark /

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Mark G. Saye
markgsaye@yahoo.com