Re: [expert] Installing 8.2 on a laptop WITHOUT PCMCIA
I have managed to sort this out now. For future information, from www.mandrakelinux.com/en/errata.php3 I downloaded patch.pl and entered 'patch noauto' at boot prompt. This disables autodetect (I presume!) and it went straight into install past the PCMCIA configuration... Excellent! Thanks for your help. Andy On Thu, 2002-06-06 at 23:35, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > 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? > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Installing 8.2 on a laptop WITHOUT PCMCIA
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? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Installing 8.2 on a laptop WITHOUT PCMCIA
On Thu, 06 Jun 2002 05:18:56 -0600 [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. Although I haven't done 8.2 on a laptop with earlier versions on one I had, I had to have a pcmcia card in the slot in order for it to get correctly recognized. Could this be the problem? James > > 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 > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Installing 8.2 on a laptop WITHOUT PCMCIA
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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
