Turn Off PCMCIA !
by Scsi3001 from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5C4JR)
Hi, first off I am a bit off a newbie to making command settings in linux...Sorry
I have an older HP Compaq R3000 that I am dual booting with Windows 7
Goal, save the darn thing from the crusher
I really like the Q40S and it runs really well on that laptop with the Windows XP look so my older friend doesn't get lost.
Goal W7 a bit slow so giving the option to run Q4OS as well to get some flames going from the AMD Athlon ha ha
It boots ok but randomly hangs up on the PCMCIA.
Goal Shut the darn PCMCIA down in boot up for good as not needed.
Where can I do this in any bootup script and what is the procedure?
Tried to load Xlogmaster but had trouble getting it in as needed other things that also had trouble getting in.
Would be happy at this point to just test with PCMCIA shut down.
Any help is appreciated
Seasons Greetings to all!
PS bios has no method to turn of PCMCIA card slot
On the random times it does boot into the Q4OS the PCMCIA card slot does work and used it with an old wifi card. So not clear why it hangs sometimes but I suspect when the bootup is trying to allocate memory or IRQs. I tried some other distros and I get hanging as well so I when back to the Q4OS as it seems to work really well on the HP R3000 when I do get in and is much faster than the W7 with that laptop specs. So I think my only recourse is to try to figure how to put the commands in to stop the kernel from loading the PCMCIA card controller bus. I noticed that the GRUB loader has an advanced section where there are some boot up parameters. Not sure if I can enter something there like "nopcmcia" or "pcmcia=no". I have been hunting but can't seem to locate the PCMCIA script file. I can find a PCMCIA folder in /etc/pcmcia but just see a file called config.opts but don't think I can enter what I need in that file. I am trying still as don't want to give up yet that was why I sent a shout out to the forum after exhausting researching the issue. I wish there was a nice installer package for Xlogmaster as it can log multiple boots. I looked at the journal log but it appeared to just show the current boot. I down loaded pcmciautils but not sure what that program can do towards the issue. Cheers
I have an older HP Compaq R3000 that I am dual booting with Windows 7
Goal, save the darn thing from the crusher
I really like the Q40S and it runs really well on that laptop with the Windows XP look so my older friend doesn't get lost.
Goal W7 a bit slow so giving the option to run Q4OS as well to get some flames going from the AMD Athlon ha ha
It boots ok but randomly hangs up on the PCMCIA.
Goal Shut the darn PCMCIA down in boot up for good as not needed.
Where can I do this in any bootup script and what is the procedure?
Tried to load Xlogmaster but had trouble getting it in as needed other things that also had trouble getting in.
Would be happy at this point to just test with PCMCIA shut down.
Any help is appreciated
Seasons Greetings to all!
PS bios has no method to turn of PCMCIA card slot
On the random times it does boot into the Q4OS the PCMCIA card slot does work and used it with an old wifi card. So not clear why it hangs sometimes but I suspect when the bootup is trying to allocate memory or IRQs. I tried some other distros and I get hanging as well so I when back to the Q4OS as it seems to work really well on the HP R3000 when I do get in and is much faster than the W7 with that laptop specs. So I think my only recourse is to try to figure how to put the commands in to stop the kernel from loading the PCMCIA card controller bus. I noticed that the GRUB loader has an advanced section where there are some boot up parameters. Not sure if I can enter something there like "nopcmcia" or "pcmcia=no". I have been hunting but can't seem to locate the PCMCIA script file. I can find a PCMCIA folder in /etc/pcmcia but just see a file called config.opts but don't think I can enter what I need in that file. I am trying still as don't want to give up yet that was why I sent a shout out to the forum after exhausting researching the issue. I wish there was a nice installer package for Xlogmaster as it can log multiple boots. I looked at the journal log but it appeared to just show the current boot. I down loaded pcmciautils but not sure what that program can do towards the issue. Cheers