On Thu, 14 May 1998 19:07:52 +0000, you wrote:
>I had the same problem on my box- I fought with it forever but it simply could
>not pick up my super generra wal-mart (well chipsmart actually) network card.
>It took a recompile of the kernel before I got my nic to work- and this of
>course required installing it first- I would recommend getting it on cd or
>downloading it to another partition if you have the space. Also your nic (or
>modem?)
the laptop doesn't have a cdrom
> must be pcmcia- does that basic intall kernel even have pcmcia
>support? The ftp install is a nice option - but I found it more of a hassle
>than its worth.
the supp.img install disk has support for pcmcia (for ftp install with
pcmcia NIC, I believe)
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