Re: Installation question.
On Thu, 3 Apr 2003 09:25:38 -0600
"Sale, Nigel" <Nigel.Sale@adc.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to install Debian (test) on a laptop which has one pcmcia slot,
> currently occupied by a nic, but no floppy or cdrom.
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> Ideally, I'm looking for a kernel/install which does have pcmcia support,
> (other distros do), anyone any ideas where I can find such a thing, or
> another way of doing it?
Go here to select an installation set:
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-install-methods.en.html#s-kernel-choice
I recommend the bf2.4 set, which will install a 2.4.18 kernel and allow you to choose between ext2, ext3, and Reiserfs filesystems (maybe another too but I forget).
You'll need to download the images for one rescue, one root, and four driver floppies.
Go here for the program (rawrite3.exe) to write the images to floppies, under Windows:
http://www.minix-vmd.org/pub/Minix-vmd/dosutil/rawrite3.zip
Follow the instructions in the x86 installation manual, paying particular attention to this:
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-install-system.en.html#s-configure-pcmcia
Let us know how it works.
Kevin
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