6Oktober2012
... seems these PLoP issues are going to drag on & on ...
I tested Ctrl-W on my Gateway XP laptop.
First PLoP found the USB stick in the 2.0 slot that was already booted.
Then PLoP found the USB stick in the pcmcia card and
then actually booted that stick in the pcmcia card!
But the Gateway has USB 2.0 slots, so I don't need PLoP on it.
I then tested Ctrl-W & Alt-W on the T30.
Both C-W & A-W display»
Loading EHCI Driver
Searching on Hosts
Host 1
& then hang IMMEDIATELY.
The PLoPpcmcia boot message is»
plop boot manager:
pcmcia start
found PCI to CardBus Bridge
searching pccard
pccard found, searching for usb controllers...
USB controller initialized
USB controller initialized
CardBus Bridge end
found PCI to CardBus Bridge
searching pccard......
no pccard found
CardBus Bridge end
pcmcia end
Does it say "found PCI to CardBus Bridge" twice
because the T30 has 2 pcmcia slots?
Should I put the pcmcia card in the second slot instead of the first?
Is there some problem because the T30 boots PLoP from a 1.1 slot?
It seems the PLoP readme is not current.
There is nothing about the "Ignore USB devices?" setting.
Are the
"Use Mass Stor Dev?" &
"usbmdev use usb massdev 1-99 (obsolete)?"
totally obsolete?