>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Stutz <stutz@dsl.org> writes:
> I'm ready to conclude that you cannot install Debian on a
> laptop that uses a pcmcia modem as its primary interface to
> the world. I would really love it if somebody proved me
> wrong.
Well, it is certainly possible to do the installation with pcmcia
devices. I've done it with an ethernet card, and hope that the
process would be about the same with a modem. Here's how I
installed the pcmcia packages...
First, I installed base system with floppies. Then I copied the
pcmcia-cs and pcmcia-modules packages from the debian archive to
a different linux machine and put them on a floppy. Since you've
got a cd, you might not need to do that. On the other hand, since
you've had problems with pcmcia-cs_2.9.6-2.deb and the
pcmcia-modules packages on your cd, I suggest you get the current
versions from the stable directory at
your-favorite-debian-ftp-site. The versions that are there now
are pcmcia-cs_2.9.6-3.deb, pcmcia-modules-2.0.29-7 and
pcmcia-modules-2.0.30-7.
> There is also the question of whether or not it will work
> on this kernel, which is 2.0.32. So I went to
> www.debian.org and downloaded
> pcmcia-modules-2.0.32_3.0.0-5k5.deb.
How did you get a 2.0.32 kernel while installing Debian 1.3.1?
If you are installing Debian 1.3.1, I think you will save a lot
of effort by using either of the kernel-images available for
1.3.1 (kernel-image-2.0.29 or kernel-image-2.0.30). You are very
likely to have problems using modules compiled for a kernel
version different than the one you are running. Once you have an
installed system, it is relatively simple to change to a
different kernel version. You will have to change you pcmcia
modules at the same time.
Once I had the pcmcia packages, I installed them with dpkg:
dpkg --install pcmcia-cs<version>.deb
dpkg --install pcmcia-modules<version>.deb
That's all it took. I hope that using the 2.9.6-3 version of
pcmcia-cs solves your troubles.
Mike
P.S. I'm curious - is this a test to see if you can do this
installation with a modem? Or is there some reason that you
can't install directly from your cd? If you have a pcmcia scsi
card and a scsi cdrom, that'll certainly be quicker than
down loading everything via modem. If you have a built-in cdrom,
you may be able to access it directly.
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Michael A. Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Department of Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
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