On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 01:53:14PM -0400, Curt Howland wrote:
> Quick question about PCMCIA cards. I bought a Linksys 802.11g card to 
> repace the 802.11b card, in a 1998 vintage laptop.
> 
> When I put the new card in, I get the error "Cardbus not supported".

I'd imagine your laptop only supports 16-bit PCMCIA, not 32-bit Cardbus
(ie, your laptop is too old for the card).

Have a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardbus. It explains the
difference.

Cheers,

Paul

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A look at Ubuntu Server Edition:
http://nepotismia.com/review/ubuntu/server/6.06/


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