Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 24 Nov 2000 11:06:27 -0600 (CST) | From | Oliver Xymoron <> | Subject | Re: Why not PCMCIA built-in and yenta/i82365 as modules |
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On Wed, 22 Nov 2000, Matti Aarnio wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 21, 2000 at 11:34:45PM +0100, Tobias Ringstrom wrote: > > The subject says it all. Is there any particular (technical) reason > > why I must have both the generic pcmcia code and the controller support > > built-in, or build all of them as modules? > > > > /Tobias > > 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 ? > > Or was it about USB floppy at some other laptop?
Yes and yes. However, you still would need the controller specific code built-in.
The USB floppy situation is uglier still. When I tried to put Debian on my VAIO from floppy, I discovered that even with a USB-enabled kernel, the floppy wasn't available in time to mount /.
Approaches that did work, in case anyone is curious, were using loadlin with FreeDOS (incredibly slow) to preload the second floppy via BIOS, or using syslinux and a custom mini-kernel and initrd image crammed onto a single floppy.
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