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Re: [FIXED] Re: installation procedure for pcmcia network install



hi,

> [...]
>   exclude port 0x0800-0x08ff
> 
> in /etc/pcmcia/config.opts fixed that problem, and i am online. this
> is weird though. does anyone know why the latitude C800 has something
> in this port range, which dell doesn't document, and which the
> internet doesn't know about?

excluding those ports is something i learned the hard way as well.  it
is also necessary to do so on the dell inspiron 8000 models.

> or is this just another "feature" of dell to make linux hard?

maybe.  last time i checked, dells support web pages didn't work at all
with mozilla.  simply annoying.  it's not that hard to create a
standards compliant web page.  oh well.

regards,

uLI



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