Re: safe to upgrade slink to potato?

[Syrus Nemat-Nasser <syrus@long.ucsd.edu>]

On Mon, 27 Dec 1999, Pollywog wrote:

> 
> On 27-Dec-1999 Nathan O. Siemers wrote:
> > 
> > One apparrent success: apt-get dist-upgrade slink -> potato on an old
> > ast laptop.  The kernel is actually 2.0.29 and hasn't been changed for
> > a long time! (I still have it so I don't break my pcmcia ethernet,
> > mostly due to laziness).
> 
> I broke my pcmcia stuff and I am unable to fix it.  I think it has to do with
> trying to install a kernel the Debian way.  I will trying reinstalling a small
> slink system and then upgrade via ppp.  If that does not work, I will have to
> wait for Potato CD's to be released.

Could you describe the problem? I upgraded my Thinkpad 560 to potato 4
weeks ago. However, I normally network the machine with a Dlink pcmcia
ethernet card which still works fine. What's broken is my ability to use a
standard USR 28.8 pcmcia serial modem card. The kernel reports that the
card is identified properly, the light is on, but the modem is not
detected. It would be great to solve this one.

BTW, I didn't know about the debian-laptop list until today. That might be
the best place to discuss this.

Thanks. Syrus.

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Syrus Nemat-Nasser <syrus@ucsd.edu>    UCSD Physics Dept.