pccard found, searching for usb controllers...

[slbgz]

Hi Elmar,
Thanks for your great work,  bootmanager work fine for me, exclude one option...
please, help me with next problem:
My laptop is IBM ThinkPad x24,
pc-cards are:
1. 4 Port Cardbus USB 2.0 PCMCIA PC Card (VIA chipset)
2. NEC Chip PCMCIA to USB2.0 Card 2 Port Cardbus (NEC chipset)

Unfortunately there are the same effects with the both cards:
1. If I use the option "Run from Floppy with a disk image"
(using plpbt-5.0.13\pcmcia\plpbt.img or plpbt-5.0.14\pcmcia\plpbt.img)
bootmanager starts correctly, start searching process, but unsuccessfully, I see only this screen:

plop boot manager:
pcmcia start

found PCI to CardBus Bridge
searching pccard
pccard found, searching for usb controllers...

... and system freezes.

Please, tell me, What this messages mean?

2. If I use the option "Harddisk install using DOS"
(I installed plpbt-5.0.13\pcmcia\install\plpinstc.com or 5.0.14 version)
bootmanager start without (why?) searching pccard, I see bootmanager menu, then start usb option and see:

Loading EHCI Driver
searching on hosts
Driver removed
Loading UHCI Driver
Searching on Hosts
host1
host2
host3
Driver removed
Loading OHCI Driver
Searching on hosts
Driver removed
BOOT ERROR
No Boot Device Found, Please Retry It

And what this messages mean?
Why bootmanager don`t start pcmcia option in "Harddisk install using DOS" mode?

Is this problem of my laptop or my pccards or my usb-flash?
(With my usb-flash and "forse usb 1.1 mode 1" all works fine for me)

Thank You
Best regards, slbgz

[slbgz]

Hardware of my laptop:

Intel(R) 82801 PCI Bridge - 2448
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2448&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_42\3&61AAA01&0&F0
and
Ricoh R/RL/5c476(II) OR Compatible CardBus Controller
PCI\VEN_1180&DEV_0476&SUBSYS_01851014&REV_80\4&139E449D&0&18F0
0476 RL5c476 II

[Elmar]

without the hardware in front of me i cannot say why it does not work on your computer

regards
elmar

[slbgz]

Thanks, Elmar

IBM ThinkPad x22, x23 and x24 BIOS are support PCMCIA boot,
info from SIW:

BIOS Vendor   IBM
BIOS Version   1DET70WW (1.32 )
Firmware Version   77.0
BIOS Date   06/10/2003
BIOS Size   512 KB
BIOS Starting Segment   DC00h
DMI Version   2.31
Characteristics   - supports PCI
   - supports PC Card (PCMCIA)
   - supports Plug-and-Play
   - supports APM
   - upgradeable (Flash) BIOS
   - allows BIOS shadowing
   - ESCD support is available
   - supports booting from CD-ROM
   - supports selectable boot
   - supports booting from PC Card (PCMCIA)
   - supports Enhanced Disk Drive specification
   - supports INT 13 3.5-inch/720K floppy services
   - supports INT 05 print-screen
   - supports INT 09 and 8042 keyboard services
   - supports INT 14 serial services
   - supports INT 17 printer services
   - supports INT 10 CGA/Mono video services
   - supports ACPI
   - supports AGP
   - supports booting from LS-120
   - BIOS Boot Specification supported

And I was found The PC Card drivers for DOS for Thinkpad (a lot of supported models!!!) on http://support.lenovo.com

Here: http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/downloads/detail.page?DocID=DS013565

file read.me of created diskette content is:

<<<<<  ThinkPad PC Card driver for DOS  [ Version  1.01 ]  >>>>>


        This package provides PC Card function on DOS environment.
        It enables to install operating system via the following PC Cards ;

           - PN 00K1084  IDE card with IBM Portable CD-20X
           - PN 72H4533  IBM EtherJet 10BASE-T PC Card
           - PN 85H3636  Turbo 16/4 T/R PC Card.

        This ZIP package contains the following files ;

           - READ.ME      : This file
           - CONFIG.SYS   : Sample file of CONFIG.SYS
           - IBMDOSCS.SYS : Card Services driver for DOS
           - IBMDSS14.SYS : Socket Services driver for DOS
           - DICRMU01.SYS : Resource Map Utility driver for DOS.

        These driver module is based on PC Card Director for DOS.

Whether there will be this information useful to You, for making The PloP boot manager PCMCIA-USB booting support for IBM ThinkPad?
Can You help me to use this driver with PLop boot manager to boot from PCMCIA-USB adapter, please?

regards, slbgz