On Thu, 15 May 2003 13:25:33 +0000 Andrew Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm connecting an old laptop to my Mac Airport wireless network using a > Lucent Orinoco Gold PCMCIA card. > > In order to do so, I need to compile PCMCIA source and the Orinoco cards > source code. > The Orinoco install instructions involve un-tarring the cards source > code into the pcmcia source code directory and the making the code. > > So far, so good. > > My problem is that I don't want to install debian onto a machine, > specifically for its fantastic package management abilities only to > break it by messing around with source code builds outside of the > apt/dselect sandbox. > Especially as making the pcmcia source might install into non-debian > standard locations on the file system. Go here to see how to add modules to an already-existing kernel: http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html It's in the Advanced Topics section. All the source code you need is in the pcmcia-source package. Kevin
