Re: Installing Debian and PCMCIA
Mark Phillips wrote:
>
> I want to install debian on a laptop. The Debian installation guide
> has a
> section called "Configure Device Drivers". In it it says:
>
> There is a menu selection for PCMCIA device drivers, but you need not
> use
> it. Once your system is installed, you can install the pcmcia-cs
> package.
>
> But I want to use the ftp install option and the laptop's ethernet
> card
> is a PCMCIA one. Does this mean I have to install the PCMCIA device
> driver? If so, does it mean that later on I should deinstall this
> driver in order to install the pcmcia-cs package? At what stage is
> the pcmcia-cs package installed - as part of base?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Mark Phillips
> mark@maths.flinders.edu.au
> "They told me I was gullible ... and I believed them!"
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
I installed debian on a Gateway Solo 2100 in February. I remember that
I installed the base system from floppies and then grabbed pcmcia-cs and
pcmcia-modules and installed them. In my case I used a pcmcia modem to
complete the install using the ftp method so I also loaded diald,
netbase, dnsutils, and bind. I'm not sure if any of this stuff is
included the base install now, but when I was installing, I had to ftp
these packages, tar them to floppies and install them with dpkg -i.
Good Luck,
--Bob
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