Package: debian-installer I installed Debian with the Sarge netinstall cdrom, version 3.1r1. During the installation, the pcmcia networking card were recognized without problem. But after the first reboot, the card wasn't brought up. The proper modules were loaded, but it seems that ifupdown doesn't bring it up at startup, or when using /etc/init.d/networking/start
Changing mapping hotplug script grep map eth0 to auto eth0 in /etc/network/interfaces solved the problem. I know this isn't the official way for pcmcia cards, but mapping with hotplug fails.