Re: How to mount a PCMCIA hard drive

[Erkki Ruohtula <erkkiruohtula%yahoo.com@localhost>]

On Sun, 9 Jun 2024 12:28:12 +0000 (UTC)
Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost> wrote:

> On Sun, Jun 09, 2024 at 01:47:45PM +0300, Erkki Ruohtula wrote:
> > I have a "Centennial MicroDrive", 340 Mb that does into a PCMCIA
> > card slot. Inserting it into the T23, I get these dmesg messages
> > 
> > [ 6743.118863] wdc2 at pcmcia1 function 0: <INTEGRAL PERIPHERALS,
> > ATA
> > CARD> [ 6743.118863] wdc2: i/o mapped mode
> > [ 6743.618871] atabus2 at wdc2 channel 0
> > [ 8339.023384] atabus2: detached
> > [ 8339.023384] wdc2: detached 
> 
> There should be a drive on that "atabus2", without the drive you can
> not access the card.
> 
> Not sure why no drive is detected in your case.

I assumed wdc2 is the drive here. But then one would expect it to
say "wdc2 at atabus2", not the other way round. I guess I better try
finding another machine with Windows or Linux where I can test if the
MicroDrive hardware itself is OK. It is many years since I last used it.
But machines with PCMCIA slots are getting scarce.

Erkki