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Re: pcmcia ethernet?



"Bradley C. Midgley" wrote:
> 
> thanks for the note, yes this did work.
> 
> for others' reference, using the 2.4.3-benh kernel, i had to compile my
> own current pcmcia-cs (the one in unstable didn't work)
> 
> i had to modify the file /etc/pcmcia/config.opts to contain
> 
> include port 0x100-0x4ff, port 0x1000-0x17ff
> include memory 0x80000000-0x80ffffff
> 
> instead of the default values
> 
> and i managed to get a 574-based card to work (marked as x86-only in the
> supported list but i sent in my success report)
> 
> the card appears to run hot (the fan turns on -- i thought it was broken)
> and i can't rsync my whole hard drive or the process hangs and the card
> gets *really* hot. so i will have to watch this thing but at least it
> works for simple net tasks. i'll see if my 589-based card runs better.

Exactly what do the numbers 574 and 589 refer to?  Are these 3con
cards?  Not a typo.

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