On Thursday 06 June 2002 13:18, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I am trying to install/update (from LM 8.0) LM 8.2 (from CD) on my laptop;
> but it gets as far as configuring for PCMCIA and seems to stall and go no
> further! I don't have any PCMCIA cards installed.
>
> While LM 8.0 installed fine, I can't find anyway round this; it's driving
> me nuts! I have looked into setting "PnP OS" to NO in BIOS; but my BIOS
> does not have that option... I have also set NOPCMCIA=yes at the prompt...
> still no joy!
>
> BIOS is:
> ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69NC2A)
> CMOS SETUP UTILITY
> AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
>
> Laptop is:
> Chicony-MP995
> Intel Celeron 333
> 64Mb RAM
> 6GB HD
>
> Any help would be very much appreciated,
>
> Andy
Installing on laptops, especially with pcmcia is always tricky.
I not sure what/where your problem is.
I've installed all versions of Mandrake and Slackware (and Suze upto 6.4) on
an IBM thinkpad and Compaq using a PCMCIA-cdrom as well as a parport-cdrom
with varying success either the one or the other.
Booting directly from cd-rom is pure luxury for me.
One thing I have noticed is that pcmcia support (during install) is liable to
changes from distro to distro and/or version to version. And I don't want to
be called 'whiny' on parports...that's sheer masochism!!!
So: 1) are you updating or installing?
2) do you boot (install) from cd or floppy?
3) did you read all the widgets during install or are you assuming that
all installs are simular and hitting "unread-enters" all the time?
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