Package: installation-reports Boot method: boot floppy; also tried SMB floppy to boot directly from CD Image version: Debian sarge, 3.1r0, date unknown - CD set from aboutdebian.com Date: 1 December 2005, another attempt on 4 Dec 2005, a third on 5 Dec 2005
Machine: Gateway Solo 2200 laptop Processor: Pentium, 133MHz Memory: 48Mb Partitions: filesystem type 1K blocks used available %used mountpoint /dev/hda2 ext3 2869932 456664 2267480 17% / tmpfs tmpfs 23204 0 23204 0% /dev/shm Output of lspci and lspci -n: lscpi: 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 430MX - 82437MX Mob. System Ctrlr (MTSC) & 82438MX Data Path (MTDP) (rev 02) 0000:00:01.0 Bridge: Intel Corp. 430MX - 82371MX Mobile PCI I/O IDE Xcelerator (MPIIX) (rev 03) 0000:00:0d.0 PCMCIA Bridge: Cirrus Logic CL 6729 (rev ee) 0000:00:14.0 VGA compatible controller: Chips and Technologies F65554 (rev c2) lscpi -n: 0000:00:00.0 0600: 8086:1235 (rev 02) 0000:00:01.0 0680: 8086:1234 (rev 03) 0000:00:0d.0 0605: 1013:1100 (rev ee) 0000:00:14.0 0300: 102c:00e4 (rev c2) Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot worked: [O] Configure network HW: [E] Config network: [ ] Detect CD: [O] Load installer modules: [E] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [O] Create file systems: [O] Mount partitions: [O] Install base system: [O] Install boot loader: [O] Reboot: [O] Comments/Problems: Can't get any PCMCIA card services or recognition. Everything else seems to be doing okay. The Gateway Solo 2200 is an older laptop, with no built-in network or modem connections, so it's reliant on PCMCIA cards for this. Unfortunately the installer was unable to load the 'i82365' module, and every subsequent attempt to find the network card or modem resulted in a 'modprobe -v i82365' failure. The problem first appears very early in the install process. I looked at the output on virtual terminal 3 (e.g., Alt-F3 - is "virtual terminal 3" the right term to describe it?) when it first happened, and at that point there were only eight lines of text present: " Using /lib/modules/2.4.27-2-386/kernel/drivers/pnp/isa-pnp.o Using /lib/modules/2.4.27-2-386/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia_core.o Using /lib/modules/2.4.27-2-386/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/i82365.o insmod: init_module: i82365: No such device insmod isa-pnp insmod pcmcia_core insmod i82365 modprobe: failed to load module i82365 " The rest of the Linux install seems to go okay, though obviously there's no network or modem support present. I suspect it doesn't matter, but for what it's worth the card I'm trying to use is a Xircom XEM5600 network and modem combo card; the PCMCIA HOWTO says the card uses the xirc2ps_cs driver, and the installer gamely attempted to load it till it got the inevitable 'modprobe -v i82365' error. ...Unfortunately I'm still howlingly new to Linux, and haven't yet learned little things like "is there a way to install the module after the initial system installation" and "if there is, how do I go about it". :) I've tried going through HOWTOs, but so far no luck. Can you offer a newbie some help? Thanks! :) -O.- O. Sharp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]