On Thu, Oct 30, 2003 at 04:12:29PM -0800, Brian Dessent wrote: > Joey Hess wrote: > > > > Brian Dessent wrote: > > > Hello, I'm trying to use the sarge netinst mini-CD to install Debian on > > > a laptop that has a PCMCIA cardbus ethernet adaptor. The problem that > > > I'm having is that while the first stage installer can recognise and > > > activate the PCMCIA ethernet card, it fails to install the kernel > > > modules for it, so that after rebooting and loading the new kernel from > > > the HD, the card is not recognised and the network install cannot > > > continue. > > > > Our pcmcia support is still very incomplete, so I'm glad to hear it > > worked at all. The problem with pcmcia not being installed is a known > > bug, #214492, though it may not include the detail below: > > > > > The base system that gets installed contains the pcmcia-cs package and > > > the kernel-image-2.4.22-1-386 package (obviously), but NOT the > > > pcmcia-modules-2.4.22-1-386 package. > > > > I plan to reogranise the pcmcia support so it fits in better with the > > rest of the installer, but I may not have a chance to get around to > > doing this for a while. > > Well, that's actually a relief to hear as I thought it was something > that I was doing wrong. Does the woody installer suffer from the same > problem, or is that a different beast? I was thinking of trying a woody > netinst and then a dist-upgrade. But if that's known to have issues > then I'll just bite the bullet and download the full ISOs with jigdo.
AFAIK pcmcia works in woody. -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance) toff one at cox dot net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]