> For those of you unaware. The pcmcia modules are now in the 2.3 kernel
> source.
> The pcmcia-cs package will only ship a cardmgr and the /etc/pcmcia files.
> The
> modules we will created by recompiling the kernel.
Um, forgive me, but what happens if you need PCMCIA in order to
boostrap?
> I'm new to the Linux World and have been trying to install linux on it
> for about a week now, I think that it is my cdrom drive, I have made
> discs for Debian but I was wondoring if there was a way I could install
> Debian via only floppys. I know it'll take five million floppys, but so
> does
> So if you need to recompile to build the PCMCIA driver modules, where do
> you get the Kernel sources from (again, assuming a diskless install, as
> I just went through)
the pcmcia modules will be included with the debian distribution of the
kernel. so you will install kernel 2.4.1 (or whateve
On Mon, Sep 20, 1999 at 06:35:37PM +0200, Russell Coker wrote:
>
> IMHO hdparm is no more important to a laptop than to a desktop...
>
I'm not sure here, are you saying hdparm should be included, or it's useful on
all computers; desktops and laptops, so shouldn't be included here? I think
if apm
>> IMHO hdparm is no more important to a laptop than to a desktop...
>>
>
>I'm not sure here, are you saying hdparm should be included, or it's useful on
>all computers; desktops and laptops, so shouldn't be included here? I think
>if apmd is going to be suggested for power management, hdparm sho
I made irda-utils package. At first, it is a lazy package because it
is my private package. However, now I am refining quality of the
package to contribute Debian.
After that, I am facing some problems...
1. IrDA related devices could not make by MAKEDEV script.
As far as I know, IrDA related de
On Wed, Sep 22, 1999 at 11:26:20AM +0200, Russell Coker wrote:
> I am saying that it has no special importance for laptops. If we go down the
> track of dragging everything that is needed for a laptop then we'll soon have
> things like bash included which IMHO is not the aim. The aim is to list a
I am having trouble configuring a PCMCIA network card. I read the Howto
and everything and I am stumped. I have a 3Com Model 3CXFE575BT . I tried
using the 3c575.cb driver but it didn't work. I also have a 3cCFE575BT-D (I
think it has a -d because it's from Dell, I think) I guess it's
I have that exact card, I installed pcmcia after I recompiled my kernel
for sound, so I had to compile the pcmcia-cs and modules (download the
source package).
The 3c575.cb driver is a cardbus card, that may not be installed by
default because it is "experimental" (I've had no problem, except for
>> I am saying that it has no special importance for laptops. If we go down the
>> track of dragging everything that is needed for a laptop then we'll soon have
>> things like bash included which IMHO is not the aim. The aim is to list all
>> things that are laptop specific or that have a special
Thanks for what you gave me I made the disks on my desktop. But I haven't
found a pcmcia Network Card thats in my price range yet, Is there a way I
can do it without a network card.
Thanks
Will Robertson
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, Adam Shand wrote:
>
> > I'm new to the Linux World a
Aw, c'mon. They are cheap. A couple of kinds that I have good luck with are
the Xircom 2PS and the Thomas Conrad. TC was bought by Compaq but their card
id's as "IBM Credit Card Ethernet", so there is another one to look for. These
are old 10 mhz cards -- have not paid more than 30 bucks for on
On 22-Sep-99 NOKUBI Takatsugu wrote:
> I made irda-utils package. At first, it is a lazy package because it
> is my private package. However, now I am refining quality of the
> package to contribute Debian.
>
> After that, I am facing some problems...
>
> 1. IrDA related devices could not make b
I have the 505 FX (German win98 pre-installed),
I have the PCGA-CD5 coming with it, and
I have a box of Debian-2.0 CDs.
I am about to do that installation and
I joined this mailing list only today.
(If there is anybody having Debian run on some 505, I might
also be very interested in off-lis
On 22-Sep-99 Uwe Nestmann wrote:
>
> I have the 505 FX (German win98 pre-installed),
> I have the PCGA-CD5 coming with it, and
> I have a box of Debian-2.0 CDs.
>
Go to www.debian.org/~joeyh/stable-update. Grab the boot disks (tecra) from
here.
These use 2.2.12 as the kernel and a working p
Hi Sean,
thanx for your quick reply!
> "SP" == Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
SP> Go to www.debian.org/~joeyh/stable-update.
SP> Grab the boot disks (tecra) from here.
Hm. Any difference between tecra and tecra-safe?
Which one should I use?
SP> These use 2.2.12 as the k
>
> Hm. Any difference between tecra and tecra-safe?
> Which one should I use?
>
the plain tecra should do you.
>
> SP> However, if you grab the base{1-8}.bin files and make
> SP> floppies, you can do an entire install, then point your
> SP> box out to a mirror to grab the rest.
>
> Hm, I li
Hallo
I am trying to install debian-linux.
I am not able to reboot the system. It just stops with
the following message:
starting PCMCIA services: modules cardmgr
I am not able to configure the PCMCIA in the installation
program dbootstrap. I can4t select anything and if I type
>OK< the computer
Uwe Nestmann wrote:
> I have the 505 FX (German win98 pre-installed)
> now the system does not (cold-)boot any
> longer, because it "cannot find the operating system".
This is most likely because your aborted install changed the active
boot partition on your hard drive. Until you are ready
Hi Greg,
> "GW" == Greg Woods <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
GW> Uwe Nestmann wrote:
>> I have the 505 FX (German win98 pre-installed)
GW>
;-)
>> now the system does not (cold-)boot any
>> longer, because it "cannot find the operating system".
GW> This is most likely because your abor
Three more questions for "driving":
> "SP" == Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
SP> you can do an entire install, then point your
SP> box out to a mirror to grab the rest.
To do that I have a Xircom Credit Card 56 that I use for
both ppp- and net-access. When configuring the
[-- oops, I hope I do not flood the list too much --]
[-- if yes, please tell me --]
> "SP" == Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
SP> grab the base 2_1. Place it on a mountable partition,
SP> when install asks, point it there.
I did, the file is found, but I get the message "T
> "UN" == Uwe Nestmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
UN> I did, the file is found, but I get the message "There was a
UN> problem extracting the base system from /base2_1.tgz"
UN> Could it be that the problem is that points to a
UN> directory on a "Win95 FAT32" partition ?
Problem solved.
The
You don't say which version of debian you are attempting to install,
but I noticed a problem installing slink/2.0.36 on a thinkpad i 1472,
where it would appear to hang at exactly the same place. By
inserting/ejecting the pcmcia card (either one), it would continue,
and I was able to install base
> For those of you unaware. The pcmcia modules are now in the 2.3 kernel
> source.
> The pcmcia-cs package will only ship a cardmgr and the /etc/pcmcia files.
> The
> modules we will created by recompiling the kernel.
Um, forgive me, but what happens if you need PCMCIA in order to
boostrap?
> I'm new to the Linux World and have been trying to install linux on it
> for about a week now, I think that it is my cdrom drive, I have made
> discs for Debian but I was wondoring if there was a way I could install
> Debian via only floppys. I know it'll take five million floppys, but so
> does
> So if you need to recompile to build the PCMCIA driver modules, where do
> you get the Kernel sources from (again, assuming a diskless install, as
> I just went through)
the pcmcia modules will be included with the debian distribution of the
kernel. so you will install kernel 2.4.1 (or whateve
On Mon, Sep 20, 1999 at 06:35:37PM +0200, Russell Coker wrote:
>
> IMHO hdparm is no more important to a laptop than to a desktop...
>
I'm not sure here, are you saying hdparm should be included, or it's useful on
all computers; desktops and laptops, so shouldn't be included here? I think
if apm
>> IMHO hdparm is no more important to a laptop than to a desktop...
>>
>
>I'm not sure here, are you saying hdparm should be included, or it's useful on
>all computers; desktops and laptops, so shouldn't be included here? I think
>if apmd is going to be suggested for power management, hdparm sho
I made irda-utils package. At first, it is a lazy package because it
is my private package. However, now I am refining quality of the
package to contribute Debian.
After that, I am facing some problems...
1. IrDA related devices could not make by MAKEDEV script.
As far as I know, IrDA related de
On Wed, Sep 22, 1999 at 11:26:20AM +0200, Russell Coker wrote:
> I am saying that it has no special importance for laptops. If we go down the
> track of dragging everything that is needed for a laptop then we'll soon have
> things like bash included which IMHO is not the aim. The aim is to list a
I am having trouble configuring a PCMCIA network card. I read the Howto
and everything and I am stumped. I have a 3Com Model 3CXFE575BT . I tried
using the 3c575.cb driver but it didn't work. I also have a 3cCFE575BT-D (I
think it has a -d because it's from Dell, I think) I guess it's
I have that exact card, I installed pcmcia after I recompiled my kernel
for sound, so I had to compile the pcmcia-cs and modules (download the
source package).
The 3c575.cb driver is a cardbus card, that may not be installed by
default because it is "experimental" (I've had no problem, except for
>> I am saying that it has no special importance for laptops. If we go down the
>> track of dragging everything that is needed for a laptop then we'll soon have
>> things like bash included which IMHO is not the aim. The aim is to list all
>> things that are laptop specific or that have a special
Thanks for what you gave me I made the disks on my desktop. But I haven't
found a pcmcia Network Card thats in my price range yet, Is there a way I
can do it without a network card.
Thanks
Will Robertson
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, Adam Shand wrote:
>
> > I'm new to the Linux World a
Aw, c'mon. They are cheap. A couple of kinds that I have good luck with are
the Xircom 2PS and the Thomas Conrad. TC was bought by Compaq but their card
id's as "IBM Credit Card Ethernet", so there is another one to look for. These
are old 10 mhz cards -- have not paid more than 30 bucks for on
On 22-Sep-99 NOKUBI Takatsugu wrote:
> I made irda-utils package. At first, it is a lazy package because it
> is my private package. However, now I am refining quality of the
> package to contribute Debian.
>
> After that, I am facing some problems...
>
> 1. IrDA related devices could not make b
I have the 505 FX (German win98 pre-installed),
I have the PCGA-CD5 coming with it, and
I have a box of Debian-2.0 CDs.
I am about to do that installation and
I joined this mailing list only today.
(If there is anybody having Debian run on some 505, I might
also be very interested in off-lis
On 22-Sep-99 Uwe Nestmann wrote:
>
> I have the 505 FX (German win98 pre-installed),
> I have the PCGA-CD5 coming with it, and
> I have a box of Debian-2.0 CDs.
>
Go to www.debian.org/~joeyh/stable-update. Grab the boot disks (tecra) from
here.
These use 2.2.12 as the kernel and a working p
Hi Sean,
thanx for your quick reply!
> "SP" == Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
SP> Go to www.debian.org/~joeyh/stable-update.
SP> Grab the boot disks (tecra) from here.
Hm. Any difference between tecra and tecra-safe?
Which one should I use?
SP> These use 2.2.12 as the k
>
> Hm. Any difference between tecra and tecra-safe?
> Which one should I use?
>
the plain tecra should do you.
>
> SP> However, if you grab the base{1-8}.bin files and make
> SP> floppies, you can do an entire install, then point your
> SP> box out to a mirror to grab the rest.
>
> Hm, I li
Hallo
I am trying to install debian-linux.
I am not able to reboot the system. It just stops with
the following message:
starting PCMCIA services: modules cardmgr
I am not able to configure the PCMCIA in the installation
program dbootstrap. I can4t select anything and if I type
>OK< the computer
Uwe Nestmann wrote:
> I have the 505 FX (German win98 pre-installed)
> now the system does not (cold-)boot any
> longer, because it "cannot find the operating system".
This is most likely because your aborted install changed the active
boot partition on your hard drive. Until you are ready
Hi Greg,
> "GW" == Greg Woods <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
GW> Uwe Nestmann wrote:
>> I have the 505 FX (German win98 pre-installed)
GW>
;-)
>> now the system does not (cold-)boot any
>> longer, because it "cannot find the operating system".
GW> This is most likely because your abor
Three more questions for "driving":
> "SP" == Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
SP> you can do an entire install, then point your
SP> box out to a mirror to grab the rest.
To do that I have a Xircom Credit Card 56 that I use for
both ppp- and net-access. When configuring the
[-- oops, I hope I do not flood the list too much --]
[-- if yes, please tell me --]
> "SP" == Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
SP> grab the base 2_1. Place it on a mountable partition,
SP> when install asks, point it there.
I did, the file is found, but I get the message "T
> "UN" == Uwe Nestmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
UN> I did, the file is found, but I get the message "There was a
UN> problem extracting the base system from /base2_1.tgz"
UN> Could it be that the problem is that points to a
UN> directory on a "Win95 FAT32" partition ?
Problem solved.
The
You don't say which version of debian you are attempting to install,
but I noticed a problem installing slink/2.0.36 on a thinkpad i 1472,
where it would appear to hang at exactly the same place. By
inserting/ejecting the pcmcia card (either one), it would continue,
and I was able to install base
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