The high-low been indicates that the card was detected but something didn't initlize. (Driver didn't load, etc.) 1> What kernel are you running? 2> Any error messages in dmesg, or /var/log/syslog 3> Are you sure it's /dev/hdc? Your hard drive will be /dev/hda, cdrom might be /dev/hdb but could be /dec/hdc... I'd think that the PCMCIA would be an off board IDE controller, this show up as /dev/hde, but I could be wrong.