pcmcia install help
Now I am thoroughly confused. I installed "pcmcia-cs_2.9.6-2.deb," which I
found on my Debian 1.3.1 CD, and it complained that the actual modules were
missing. The only pcmcia module package I could find on the CD were
pcmcia-modules-2.0.29_2.9.5-2.deb and pcmcia-modules-2.0.30_2.9.5-3.deb; I
tried installing both of them and it didn't work; both requires a difference
pcmcia-cs pagackage (2.9.5-2, while the one I have is 3.0.0-5). There is
also the question of whether or not it will work on this kernel, which is
2.0.32. So I went to www.debian.org and downloaded
pcmcia-modules-2.0.32_3.0.0-5k5.deb.
Well, that package is dependent on pcmcia-cs_3.0.0-5.deb, so I downloaded
that, and then I got the error that it needed libc6.
Now, I have no idea what I should do to get Debian working. I'm ready to
conclude that you cannot install Debian on a laptop that uses a pcmcia modem
as its primary interface to the world. I would really love it if somebody
proved me wrong.
On Mon, 20 Apr 1998, Obi wrote:
> > I copied minicom off another machine and tried it, and haven't gotten it to
> > recognize the modem, so I figure there must be something else to it - do I
> > also have to install some PCMCIA software, maybe a module?
>
> You need to install some pcmcia package. If I remember correctly one is
> pcmcia-cs (it contains the daemon and related stuff) and the second one is
> pcmcia-modules (are the modules compiled against the version of the kernel you
> have: check it out when you downlod it).
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