Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: Why not PCMCIA built-in and yenta/i82365 as modules | Date | Wed, 22 Nov 2000 12:29:42 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> Wasn't there some strange laptop model which had PCMCIA floppy/CDROM, > which are unavailable to bootstrap process, unless PCMCIA is supported > at the booting kernel ?
I have seen a couple where the floppy/cdrom are supported by the bios but then vanish. Generally they are left mapped which means if you know the right ide= incantation it works.
Remember you can solve this with an initrd.
Alan
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