Old Laptop - Did a Net Install But Afterwards No NIC
I just attempted an install of etch on an old Toshiba Satellite 425CDT.
I used a set of install floppies because this laptop can't boot from the
CD-ROM drive.
Anyway, the install ran its course (it was a Network install), but after
the install was completed, and I rebooted, the PCMCIA drivers don't
load, which means no NIC, since this is a PCMCIA NIC this laptop uses.
Why aren't the drivers loading, even though the installer was able to
load them obviously? udev is installed and runs automatically, so I'm
certain that wouldn't be where the problem lies. Also doing a modprobe
pcmcia doesn't return any errors, but also doesn't seem to do anything,
and it doesn't load automatically during the next reboot.
Any ideas on what is wrong here? The kernel is 2.6.18-3-486
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