Re: Old Laptop - Did a Net Install But Afterwards No NIC
On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 01:56:27AM -0800, Scarletdown wrote:
> 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
Have you got pcmcia-cs or pcmciautils installed?
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Chris.
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rejecting it is far too disturbing: that we are subject to a government
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