PC Card Adapters

The Intergraph TD-30/TD-40 machine may lock up. To avoid this, ground yourself by touching some metal on the computer case while inserting and removing the PC Card devices. The prtconf command output may mistakenly indicate that the device is in two sockets. If inserting and removing the card is not detected and the machine hangs, reset the machine.

Preconfiguration Information

• Install your add-in PC Card adapter prior to Solaris installation.

• Some notebook computers have their built-in PC Card adapter disabled by default. Enable it prior to Solaris installation.

• Requirements for a system depend on the combination of devices to be used. A typical two-socket notebook computer needs at least 8 Kbytes of address space, 16 bytes of I/O space, and three free IRQs. Following are general guidelines:

  Address space	At least 8 Kbytes are required with 4 Kbytes per socket in the 640K-1MB range (not necessarily contiguous); if there are three sockets, at least 12 Kbytes are needed
  I/O space	At least 8 and preferably 16 bytes per socket
  IRQs	One per socket, plus an IRQ for the pcic device driver itself

Configuration Procedure

Initial Installation and Configuration

1. Consult the Configuration Assistant for address space, I/O space, and IRQs already used by system devices.

2. Insert the PC Card adapter.

3. Install the Solaris software, including the PCMCIA packages in the SUNWpcmc cluster.

   • If you choose to install the Entire Distribution, the PCMCIA packages are automatically included. After installation and reboot, any reconfiguration is done automatically.

   • If you choose any other distribution, such as the End User Distribution, select Customize from the choices at the bottom of the Software Selection screen. Then choose PCMCIA Support from the scrolling list on the Customize Software screen. After installation and reboot, any reconfiguration is done automatically.

4. Reboot the system.

Adding PC Card Support to a Previously Installed System

1. Become root.

2. Use the pkgadd command and select PCMCIA Support from the Customize Software screen.

3. Do a reconfiguration reboot to reallocate resources:

   # touch /reconfigure # reboot

4. Insert the PC Card adapter and turn on the machine.

5. Do a second reboot so that the PC Card device driver begins running with the new resources allocated.