Re: IBM 760XL

[Brian Ronk]

Ok, I just went ahead and installed the base system.  It's been 
rebooted, and is now just sitting there.  I went through the base setup 
just to get the system semi-working, but that's it.  Now I'm looking at 
rebuilding the kernel or the route command.
Problem 1) I've looked for the kernel source on the drive, but it's not 
there.  I'm guessing that it didn't get downloaded in the base install. 
 Even if I did have it though, there are no compilers installed.  Is 
there another way of rebuilding the kernel without the source or 
compilers?  (Dumb question, so I'm expecting a dumb answer :) )
Problem 2) As far as I can tell, the PCMCIA network card isn't being 
found, so even if I did manage to figure out route and the pertaining 
info, I don't think it would work.  I have seen (although not this last 
reboot, everthing went by too quickly) it try to load eth0, but not find it.
Is there a way to enable PCMCIA support in a configuration file?  I 
guess I'm a little surprised that I configured the PCMCIA support, the 
network card is selected as not being PCMCIA even though it is, but when 
the system boots up it doesn't seem to have support for it.
Ok, after typing all this, there is a new development.  I took the card 
out for my boss to try for another laptop for a moment, and when I put 
it back in, it found the card and the network is now working and 
downloading the apt package information.  If I have more q's, I know 
where to ask.  Hopefully this solved the problem for the time being.
Thanks for all your help.
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Brian Ronk
System Administrator
BookMasters, Inc