Re: Possibly erroneous "device not present" message during boot
On Sat 22 Apr 2017 at 13:34:41 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 04/22/2017 01:00 PM, Brian wrote:
> >
> >When I spoke of "5-in-1 reader" I was using your description in
> >
> > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2017/04/msg00505.html
> >
> >IOW, I was referring to the reader which is inbuilt into the Lenovo. Are
> >these data for when your recently purchased USB reader has been used? If
> >not, there is some thinking to be done.
>
> Any line containing "(ahci)" was after having used "nativedisk".
> Any line containing "(hd0)" was after *NOT* having used "nativedisk".
That makes things clearer.
> The only time the SD card was seen was when the USB reader was used.
That is exactly the information wanted. When the card is on the PCI bus
GRUB does not see it; on the USB bus it does. It fits the lspci info you
give below.
> All lines followed a power off/on cycle to force identical starting
> conditions.
>
> My reference to "5-in-1 reader" was reference to
> https://www.cnet.com/products/lenovo-thinkpad-t510/specs/ .
> I have no means to verify CNET's statement.
>
> I'd place more trust in my statement in
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2017/04/msg00729.html saying:
> On the Lenovo ThinkPad T510 which started this thread I ran lspci as root.
> I believe the relevant lines are:
> 0d:00.0 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd MMC/SD Host Controller (rev 01)
> 0d:00.1 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5U2xx (R5U230 / R5U231 / R5U241)
> [Memory Stick Host Controller] (rev 01)
> Side question
> When interrupting the grub menu by typing C, is there any functional
> equivalent of using the "script" command in a terminal window?
I'm afraid not.
--
Brian.
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