Pollywog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 12-Aug-99 Syrus Nemat-Nasser wrote: > > Hi Andrew, > > > > I recently installed slink on a Thinkpad 560 too. I'm using kernel 2.2.5 > > however, I think your problem could just be the bzImage. Have you tried > > using a zImage instead? Many laptops have a problem loading the bzImage > > compressed kernels--I believe that the tecra boot disk uses a zImage. > I forgot to consider that. On my other machine, I have to use a compressed > kernel, but it is not a laptop. I got into the habit of 'bzImage' and > forgot that laptops can't handle compressed kernels. The laptop does not > need to have as much compiled into the kernel as the other machine, so I > might get away with plain 'zImage'.
Not all laptops. My Thinkpad 600 is quite happy with a 2.2.11pre2 bzimage. > > > > Anyway, I use my own customized kernel 2.2.5 with pcmcia-modules and > > pcmcia-cs packages compiled from the pcmcia-source package in potato. > > That's because the version of pcmcia-source in slink does not support the > > 2.2.x kernels. > > > Is there a HOWTO on how to compile my own pcmcia modules? I have the > source but I have never done this before. I will go into the source and > see if I can find some docs there. The PCMCIA HOWTO covers installation http://www.ssc.com/mirrors/LDP/HOWTO/PCMCIA-HOWTO-2.html or, if you installed doc-linux-<html|text>, /usr/doc/HOWTO/PCMCIA-HOWTO.gz Gary
