Pb with etch netinstall - laptop/pcmcia/firewire - 3Com 3574
I tried a net install with the current etch iso image and the installer
seems to have trouble recognizing my 3com PC card (LAN + 56K). It asks
me whether I would like to do the install through the firewire
interface, which sounds like a "last resort" attempt and is probably not
relevant. The laptop does not even have a firewire port so I reply "no"
and the installer proceeds to ask me if I would like to do the
configuration manually and presents me with a list of modules. I select
the correct 3574c module but the installer takes me back to the screen
that informs me that it cannot not find the nic.. would I like to select
the module manually.. etc. Only way I can get out of this is by hitting
Escape. The installer then takes me to the next step (partitioning the
hard drive) .. which is where I abort the installation.
I searched google & found a couple of laptop users who had experienced
the same problem over the last year or so, but no resolution.
I use the default install - ie. I just hit enter at the boot prompt.
Wondering if there's anything I need to specify when I start the
install to indicate that I need to enable pcmcia..?
Incidentally I did a sarge "net install" prior to this and did not run
into any problem.
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