--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > On Sun, 5 Oct 2003, Neo wrote: > > > On Sun, 2003-10-05 at 08:34, Jason Housewright > wrote: > > > I am in dire need of help...again. I have dl the > > > netinst image from debian (the official for > test). I > > > cannot for the life of me figure out how to get > it to > > > recognize my pcmcia ethernet card. I have > specified > > > boot in the boot parameters, but pcmcia has not > been > > > turned on. I would really, really appreciate > some > > > direction here. I can't get any further than the > > > "select network card" of the install. Thanks > again. > > > > > > > > > Jason Housewright > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product > search > > > http://shopping.yahoo.com > > > > > > > Hi Jason, > > > > am not an expert, but my pcmcia ethernetcard > required > > the loading of pcmcia modules in the kernel. This > is fairly > > simple to do, unless you need to compile them in > the kernel, in > > which case you're in whole new world of > trouble/hurt/learning ;-). > > > > Loading pcmcia modules (when enabled in your > kernel) > > is fairly straigth forward: run as root 'lsmod', > which shows the > > currently loaded mdules. If there are no modules > named 'pcmcia_core' > > or such, you can start with 'modprobe pcmcia_core' > which tries to > > load the pcmcia modules. If this succeeds, (check > with 'lsmod'), > > you can try to load your apropriate network card > driver with > > 'modprobe <drivername>'. Your drivers can be found > at > > '/lib/modules/<kernel version>/pcmcia'. Work from > there. > > Hi Jason, > yes I agree you need to load the modules for the > pcmcia interface and the > ethernet card. Have you tried to get a copy of > knoppix? If you can boot it > from your laptop, you can run the lsmod from a root > console and then you > may then want to install knoppix ;-). > -Kevin > Thanks Kevin. No I haven't tried knoppix yet. From what I've been reading though, I need to. It's definitely an option. I was hoping to have this machine up and running before Monday...mid-terms. Oh well...that's how it goes sometimes.
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