On Wed, 16 Apr 1997, Rajpaul Bagga wrote: > Summary: > Have base packages installed. Need to install pcmcia packages so that > ethernet card can be used for the remaining packages. Can't get pcmcia > packages to install. > > Background: > I'm trying to install Debian on a Compaq Aero 4/33. I can get the base > installion just fine (version 1.2.9). I would like to install the rest of > the packages over ethernet, but I need to get the pcmcia services working. > I have an IBM cardit card ethernet adaptor. > > Problem: > When I try to install the pcmcia-modules-2.0.27 package (the kernel that > came with the base was 2.0.27), it says I don't have the > kernel-image-2.0.27 package installed. Well, as I understand it, that > package was supposed to be included with the base. But nevertheless I > tried installing the kernel-image package manually. This allowed me to > install the pcmcia-modules & pcmcia-cs packages, but when I reboot, it > give me errors like bad symbol in table and messages saying the module > doesn't match the kernel version. It scrolls by too fast for me to catch > it all. Are these bootup messages logged somewhere? I am used to > slackware and haven't found my way completely around debian yet. >
Just use the 'dmesg' command and you'll see the boot messages. The messages also show up in your log under /var/log In regards to fixing your module problem...It's been a while since I did an install but I recall that the modules.tgz on the device driver disk included pcmcia modules in it and that the modules on that disk worked with the install/rescue kernel. > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Perry -- If red tape were nutritious, we could feed the world. Perry Piplani http://perrypip.netservers.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.netservers.com -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
