On 21 Apr 1998, Mike Miller wrote: > >>>>> "Michael" == Michael Stutz <stutz@dsl.org> writes: > > I'm ready to conclude that you cannot install Debian on a > > laptop that uses a pcmcia modem as its primary interface to > > the world. I would really love it if somebody proved me > > wrong. > > > There is also the question of whether or not it will work > > on this kernel, which is 2.0.32. So I went to > > www.debian.org and downloaded > > pcmcia-modules-2.0.32_3.0.0-5k5.deb. > > How did you get a 2.0.32 kernel while installing Debian 1.3.1?
By using the disks that were under "current", or 1997-10-13. I just reinstalled the system using new disks I made from the 1997-08-01 directory, and now have a 2.0.29 kernel installed. I then attempted to install pcmcia-modules-2.0.29_2.9.5-2.deb, but it requires pcmcia-cd_2.9.5x.deb, and not the pcmcia-cs_2.9.6-2.deb that's on my cd or the pcmcia-cs_2.9.6-2.deb that's currently available from the debian archives. Where do old packages go when they die? Is there a place where I can get this older pcmcia-cs_2.9.5.x.deb file? Browsing the package directories off www.debian.org, I couldn't find it, and the "search package directories" cgi appears to be broken (as of late last night, it returns a directory listing instead of a list of packages). Further weirdness: during my reinstall process, I rebooted the machine and was then brought to the prompt where you enter a password for the root user. Then I was caught in an infinite loop -- I'd add a password, confirm it, and then it started this all over again, asking me to pick a password for the root account! So I rebooted, and now all reboots end with you being dumped into a root shell. This does not look good. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
