PC Card devices can be inserted at any time during the boot process or after the Solaris environment is running since PC Card peripherals are hot-pluggable and configured automatically by the software.
Issue |
What to Do |
How to know if there are enough IRQs available to run a two-socket adapter. |
Three IRQs must be available to use devices in both of the sockets. One IRQ is required for the adapter itself, and one is needed for each device inserted in a socket. |
Boot with the Configuration Assistant diskette so you can review the resource usage.
Select View/Edit Devices from the Device Tasks menu, and review the list of devices to see how many IRQs are being used.
There are 16 IRQs, from 0-15. Several IRQs are already assigned. For example, IRQ 3 is reserved for the second serial port, COM2.
If your system has a COM2 port but it is not being used, delete the port to leave the IRQ resource free for a PC Card.
Boot the Solaris software.