Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 4 Jun 1999 06:29:57 -0700 | From | (Jim Gettys) | Subject | Re: 2.3 wish: integrate pcmcia into mainstream kernel |
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> Sender: owner-linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu > From: "Mark Harrison" <markh@usai.asiainfo.com> > Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 15:01:23 +0800 > To: "Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@transmeta.com>, <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu> > Subject: Re: 2.3 wish: integrate pcmcia into mainstream kernel > ----- > <torvalds@transmeta.com> wrote: > > >And no, a network install doesn't work either. The network card is > > > Another problem: Many laptops use PCMCIA network cards. So, > the "standard" installation programs from SuSE & Redhat don't > handle network configuration very well on laptops. > > I installed cardmgr, etc., manually. But then, the cardmgr does > not initialize until *after* the other network operations > (ifconfig, etc.) have run and failed. Fiddling with the > Redhat system utilities did not accomplish anything (except > for somehow removing support for 127.0.0.1). > > I eventually took the cowardly route of putting everything > into a shell script which I execute whenever I boot up while > attached to our LAN. > > This probably has more to do with Redhat installation procedures, > but it is important for everyone involved in the PCMCIA discussion > to know about. >
I certainly have this problem on my laptop (Compaq 6500). There is a built in 10/100 ethernet + modem that appears as a third PCMCIA slot, but the card is always installed (not removable without a screw driver).
Shall we just say that things don't work very graciously at boot time with the network....
I didn't have any problems installing off the CD drive, however. Might have been challenging to do a network installation... - Jim
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