Re: laptop install help
> >I've got a Megahertz PCMCIA 14.4 fax/modem card that was recognized as com2
> >by the win311 software that came with the laptop. There were no cua?
> >devices in /dev so I made cua0 and cua1 using the MAKEDEV script, made a
> >/dev/modem symlink from cua1, but the "pon" command still dies on me.
>
> >I copied minicom off another machine and tried it, and haven't gotten it to
> >recognize the modem, so I figure there must be something else to it - do I
> >also have to install some PCMCIA software, maybe a module?
>
> PCMCIA comes in the form of a module. It's generally best to get the source
> package and use that to recompile and install them whenever you recomile a
> kernel. The easiest way to get it set up to begin with is to use the hamm
> install disks and install the pcmcia modules as you install debian.
> Otherwise, you'll need to put them on a floppy and copy them over and
> install them. They're in teh pcmcia-cs package.
Ok, I did this, but now at boot time it complains that it can't find any
modules in /lib/modules/2.0.32/pcmcia/ (and its right, that directory
doesn't exist). I seem to be missing something -- loaded up the rescue disk
again and did not find any module option for pcmcia devices.
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