Initial System Set-up
Installing a PCMCIA device
GRF 400/1600 Getting Started - 1.4 Update 2
October, 1998
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Manufacturer Name: "Kingston Technology"
Product Name: "DataPak 520"
Function ID: 4 (PC card ATA)
Assigned IRQ: 11
Assigned I/O port1: 0x3d0-0x3df
Slot 1: flags=0x5<UP,EMPTY>
If you specify the slot number ( 0 or 1), csconfig retunrs information about the specified
slot. This example looks at the flash disk in slot B:
# csconfig 1
Slot 1: flags=0x3<UP,RUNNING>
Attached device: wdc1
Manufacturer Name: "SunDisk"
Product Name: "SDP"
Additional Info1: "5/3 0.6"
Function ID: 4 (PC card ATA)
Assigned IRQ: 11
Assigned I/O port1: 0x3d0-0x3df
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To run a quick test, execute the grconslog command. This command verifies that logging
is correctly configured, so if it runs, the PCMCIA installation has been performed
correctly:
# grconslog
iflash command - caution !
The PCMCIA procedure uses the iflash command. The iflash command determines the
geometry of an installed PCMCIA ATA Type-II or Type-III storage device, and can format the
device for use in a GRF.
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Caution:
By default, iflash does not initialize a flash that already has a file system installed.
The -f option overrides the check and forces any data on the target device to be overwritten.
Use this option only if you wish to erase the existing contents of a flash device.
When you use iflash without -f, you are informed when there is a file system already on the
device and reminded that you must use the -f option to overwrite it. Because of its “force”
capability, use the iflash -f command with caution.