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<p>Mrjcleaver: </p> <hr /> <div>== Windows ==<br /> <br /> Can a thinkpad be booted off the CF Card?<br /> <br /> == Linux Device Name ==<br /> /dev/hde is the devicename of the CompactFlash Memory Card inserted into the Thinkpad X31's<br /> CF Slot<br /> <br /> The device seems to be handled by udev, but pmount which is used to mount udev devices complains, because it thinks, that: ''' Error: device /dev/hde1 is not removable''' (see the full output below.)<br /> <br /> Unless this can be corrected (any kernel hackers around?) use /etc/fstab (will give more details on this soon --epic)<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> udevinfo -e |less<br /> <br /> P: /block/hde<br /> N: hde<br /> S: disk/by-id/ata-SunDisk_SDCFB-4_MZX02597351<br /> S: disk/by-path/pci-1.0-ide-0:0<br /> E: ID_TYPE=generic<br /> E: ID_MODEL=SunDisk_SDCFB-4<br /> E: ID_SERIAL=MZX02597351<br /> E: ID_REVISION=Rev_3.10<br /> E: ID_BUS=ata<br /> E: ID_PATH=pci-1.0-ide-0:0<br /> <br /> P: /block/hde/hde1<br /> N: hde1<br /> S: disk/by-id/ata-SunDisk_SDCFB-4_MZX02597351-part1<br /> S: disk/by-path/pci-1.0-ide-0:0-part1<br /> S: disk/by-uuid/A0AD-93C2<br /> E: ID_TYPE=generic<br /> E: ID_MODEL=SunDisk_SDCFB-4<br /> E: ID_SERIAL=MZX02597351<br /> E: ID_REVISION=Rev_3.10<br /> E: ID_BUS=ata<br /> E: ID_PATH=pci-1.0-ide-0:0<br /> E: ID_FS_USAGE=filesystem<br /> E: ID_FS_TYPE=vfat<br /> E: ID_FS_VERSION=FAT12<br /> E: ID_FS_UUID=A0AD-93C2<br /> E: ID_FS_LABEL=<br /> E: ID_FS_LABEL_SAFE=<br /> <br /> root@solid:/home/eric# cat /sys/block/hde/removable<br /> 0<br /> <br /> root@solid:/home/eric# pmount -d /dev/hde1<br /> resolved /dev/hde1 to device /dev/hde1<br /> mount point to be used: /media/hde1<br /> no iocharset given, current locale encoding is ANSI_X3.4-1968<br /> Cleaning lock directory /var/lock/pmount/_dev_hde1<br /> device_whitelist: checking /etc/pmount.allow...<br /> device_whitlisted(): nothing matched, returning 0<br /> find_sysfs_device: looking for sysfs directory for device 33:1<br /> find_sysfs_device: checking whether /dev/hde1 is on /sys/block/hde (33:0)<br /> find_sysfs_device: major device numbers match<br /> find_sysfs_device: minor device numbers do not match, checking partitions...<br /> find_sysfs_device: checking whether device /dev/hde1 matches partition 33:0<br /> find_sysfs_device: checking whether device /dev/hde1 matches partition 33:1<br /> find_sysfs_device: -&gt; partition matches, belongs to block device /sys/block/hde<br /> device_removable: corresponding block device for /dev/hde1 is /sys/block/hde<br /> get_blockdev_attr: value of /sys/block/hde/removable == 0<br /> find_bus_ancestry: device 2.0 (path /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:00.1/1.0/ide2/2.0, bus ide) does not match, trying parent<br /> find_bus_ancestry: device ide2 (path /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:00.1/1.0/ide2, bus ) does not match, trying parent<br /> find_bus_ancestry: device 1.0 (path /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:00.1/1.0, bus pcmcia) does not match, trying parent<br /> find_bus_ancestry: device 0000:02:00.1 (path /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:00.1, bus pci) does not match, trying parent<br /> find_bus_ancestry: device 0000:00:1e.0 (path /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0, bus pci)<br /> does not match, trying parent<br /> find_bus_ancestry: device pci0000:00 (path /sys/devices/pci0000:00, bus ) does not match, trying parent<br /> find_bus_ancestry: dev == NULL, fail<br /> Error: device /dev/hde1 is not removable<br /> policy check failed</div>

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