Sony Discman PRD 650 PCMCIA/SCSI II

["Abhijit Bose " <abose research bell-labs com>]

Hi: Has anyone successfully installed Red Hat Linux 4.2 from 
a Sony portable Discman PRD 650 cdrom drive (it connects to the
laptop via PCMCIA , Adaptec APA 1425/50/60 PCMCIA SCSI Host adapter)
on to IBM Thinkpad 560 or a similar configuration ? After I put
in the supplmentary disk, I do start the PCMCIA services (at least
I see that the cdrom light comes on) . However, during booting,
the kernel never detects any scsi device. Moreover, when I try
to use the available SCSI drivers from the installation menu, no 
device is detected ! Since I can't proceed any further, I have
to abort the installation. Did others have the same experience ? 

Thanks, Abhijit

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Abhijit Bose                         (908) 582- 8031
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ps. I tried another cdrom drive : EXP traveler 820 without luck.