Re: Problem with configuring PCMCIA linksys pc card for network installation

["Jaume Guasch" <guasch@particle.uni-karlsruhe.de>]

 writes:

> Hi, I'm having some trouble installing Debian. Since my laptop has no 
> cdrom, I wanted to do a network installation, in which I would install 
> the packages through the network, instead of off a cd. The problem is I 
> can't seem to get an ethernet interface up. I have a Linksys Etherfast 
> 10/100 PC Card. Here's what I get in my dmesg whenever I try to 
> Configure PCMCIA Support.
> 

For the LinkSys EtherFast 10/100 PCMPC100 V. 3 you need the standalone
pcmcia modules (not the kernel ones), and pcmcia-cs at least version
3.1.28. Earlier versions do not work. 

These are only in sid ("unstable"). You must install the following
packages from sid: 

pcmcia-cs (current version 3.1.29)
pcmcia-modules-<your-kernel-version>  (version 3.1.29)

<your-kernel-version> is the kernel version that you are using, if using
a precompiled kernel. If you compiled your own kernel you should install  
pcmcia-source (3.1.29) and compile the modules against your kernel.

Hope this helps,

Jaume 

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