On Sat, Jun 29, 2002 at 07:38:04PM -0500, Jeremy Turner wrote:
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Simon Ross [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 9:28 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Cc: Bill Moseley; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: "your system doesn't need PCMCIA"
> > > On Sat, 2002-06-29 at 01:48, Gale Stafford wrote:
> > > Bill Moseley wrote:
> > >
> > > > When installing on a laptop I get the message:
> > > >
> > > > It seems your system doesn't need PCMCIA. It was installed with
> the
> > > > rest of the kernel, but can be removed now.
> > > >
> > So asking the question is not a bug. :-)
>
> It appears not to be asking a question, but giving the impression that
> "I checked out your system, and it doesn't look like you have PCMCIA;
> Would you like me to remove it?" I don't understand if this is talking
> about the kernel modules or pcmcia-cs package. I have said "No" at this
> prompt (since I'm installing off a mini-PCI card wired NIC), and then
> re-install pcmcia-cs if I need to.
>
> Should a bug be filed against the wording of this? Maybe it should
> read, "PCMCIA was installed with the rest of the kernel. Would you like
> me to remove it?"
>
> Also, I thought the name of the standard changed a year (or more) ago to
> "PC Card"? If I'm way off, I've had a huge headache all day...
>
You probably didn't have a pcmcia card installed at the time I would be
guessing.
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Jim Richardson
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