Re: IBM 760XL
Ok, I just went ahead and installed the base system. It's been
rebooted, and is now just sitting there. I went through the base setup
just to get the system semi-working, but that's it. Now I'm looking at
rebuilding the kernel or the route command.
Problem 1) I've looked for the kernel source on the drive, but it's not
there. I'm guessing that it didn't get downloaded in the base install.
Even if I did have it though, there are no compilers installed. Is
there another way of rebuilding the kernel without the source or
compilers? (Dumb question, so I'm expecting a dumb answer :) )
Problem 2) As far as I can tell, the PCMCIA network card isn't being
found, so even if I did manage to figure out route and the pertaining
info, I don't think it would work. I have seen (although not this last
reboot, everthing went by too quickly) it try to load eth0, but not find it.
Is there a way to enable PCMCIA support in a configuration file? I
guess I'm a little surprised that I configured the PCMCIA support, the
network card is selected as not being PCMCIA even though it is, but when
the system boots up it doesn't seem to have support for it.
Ok, after typing all this, there is a new development. I took the card
out for my boss to try for another laptop for a moment, and when I put
it back in, it found the card and the network is now working and
downloading the apt package information. If I have more q's, I know
where to ask. Hopefully this solved the problem for the time being.
Thanks for all your help.
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Brian Ronk
System Administrator
BookMasters, Inc
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