Hi folks, is there anyone out there who has experiences with the Toshiba Portege (I own a 7020CT) and Toshiba's original PCMCIA cd-rom device (24x for PCMCIA, ParPort and USB)? I read and tried so much now that I would appreciate every single hint like 'Forget it' or 'Have a look at ...'. If it's working somewhere, I'm especially interested in your program versions. Currently I'm running a 2.2.17 kernel with 3.1.20 pcmcia modules. The PCMCIA card is detected (two high beeps) so that ide_cs is used, but I get strange IO errors. # cardctl insert hdc: SR242S, ATAPI CDROM drive ide1 at 0x120-0x127,0x12e on irq 10 hdc: ATAPI 24X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache hdc: packet command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hdc: packet command error: error=0x50 ATAPI device hdc: Error: Illegal request -- (Sense key=0x05) Parameter not supported -- (asc=0x26, ascq=0x01) The failed "Start/Stop Unit" packet command was: "1b 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 " Additional info: Socket 1: Vcc 5.0V Vpp1 0.0V Vpp2 0.0V interface type is "memory and I/O" irq 10 [exclusive] [level] function 0: config base 0x0200 option 0x41 status 0x00 pin 0x00 copy 0x00 socket 1: 5V 16-bit PC Card function 0: [busy], [bat dead] io 0x0120-0x012f [auto] Socket 1: product info: "FREECOM", "PCCARD-IDE", "REV836" If a CD is inserted, the mount command results in a CD-ROM spindle that is speeding up to an arbitrary speed and then speeding down. The error messages depend on which CD I am inserting! # mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /mnt/cd/ mount: block device /dev/hdc is write-protected, mounting read-only hdc: packet command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hdc: packet command error: error=0x50 # mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /mnt/cd/ mount: block device /dev/hdc is write-protected, mounting read-only ide1: unexpected interrupt, status=0x80, count=3 # mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /mnt/cd/ mount: block device /dev/hdc is write-protected, mounting read-only hdc: lost interrupt hdc: cdrom_read_intr: data underrun (2 blocks) end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 64 isofs_read_super: bread failed, dev=16:00, iso_blknum=16, block=32 mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdc, or too many mounted file systems If the cd is mounted 'successfully', a cp command yields something like this: # cp /mnt/cd/index.txt /tmp/ ATAPI device hdc: Error: Unit attention -- (Sense key=0x06) Power on, reset or hardware reset occurred -- (asc=0x29, ascq=0x00) ATAPI device hdc: Error: Unit attention -- (Sense key=0x06) Not ready to ready transition, medium may have changed -- (asc=0x28, ascq=0x00) hdc: lost interrupt hdc: cdrom_read_intr: data underrun (4 blocks) end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 1108 ATAPI device hdc: Error: Unit attention -- (Sense key=0x06) Power on, reset or hardware reset occurred -- (asc=0x29, ascq=0x00) hdc: tray open end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 1112 hdc: tray open end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 1116 hdc: tray open end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 1108 hdc: tray open end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 1112 cp: /mnt/cd/index.txt: Input/output error /Stony -- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://go.to/stony -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]