[ltp] Thinkpad T23 changes HD device in port replikator 2631

[Helmut Hullen]

Hallo, ,

I wrote am 18.10.08:

> I'm using some Thinkpads, I like to use them.
> Now I try to use them in port replikators.

> When I use a T23 without a 2631 port replikator then Linux finds IDE0
> and IDE1, the HD is /dev/hda and the DVD drive is /dev/hdc.

> When I put the T23 into a 2631 and then boot it Linux finds not only
> IDE0 and IDE1 but also IDE2 and IDE3, and it tells me that the HD is
> /dev/hde.
> "dmesg" also reports a CMD 648 - is such a controller built into the
> port replikator?

Looking to

        http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkPad_Dock_II#Ultrabay_2000

has helped a bit.

But newer kernels are very difficult to configure - they seem to look at  
the onboard controllers not first, but last.

Viele Gruesse!
Helmut