Re: pcmcia install help
Hi,
I happened to experience problems similar to yours while trying to install
a NE2000-compatible Ethernet PC Card, and I solved them by downloading the
source package for pcmcia-cs_3.0.0 and compiling it on the notebook.
(I used Win95 to download it to the notebook, and then copied it to the
Linux partition... But you can also use diskettes, of course ;-)
The sources compiled just fine on the completely Debian 1.3.1-based
(libc5) notebook. Just follow the instructions contained in the README
file in /usr/src/modules/pcmcia-cs. Please note that you also need a full
kernel source tree in order to compile the pcmcia package.
Cleto
On Tue, 21 Apr 1998, Michael Stutz wrote:
> 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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