On 13-Jul-99 David Mussington wrote: > Hi: > > I have just purchased a used AST Ascentia 810N notebook pc. This system > doesn't have a cd rom drive, so I am forced to use a PCMCIA-enabled one to > install Debian. Could anyone tell me if the Debian 2.0 CD (I just bought > the official user guide with the cds included) contains the drivers to > recognize this kind of cd rom drive? I don't have the drive yet either, as I > am shopping around, but would appreciate any advice/experiences you might > care to report. >
2.0 is not going to help you. Period. 2.1 is closer. Here is how it works out. Make 9 floppies using the cd on another machine. You likely need the resc1440tecra.bin image. Use the floppies to install. Again on the other machine get the pcmcia-source from potato. Compile it against 2.0.36 on a slink box. Install this on your laptop. You should now be able to use the cd to finish installing. 2.0 is very very out of date (2 years +). FYI, there is now a debian-laptop list where you can ask laptop specific questions.
