[PLUG] PCMCIA Driver for Debian Install

[todd.sarratt]

I've been attempting to upgrade the kernel on my laptop running woody for
about a week and I keep losing my ethernet card every time.  Finally, with
the (infinite) help (and patience) of another list user, I got it solved.

# apt-get install pcmcia-source

This put pcmcia-cs.tar.gz in my /usr/src/ directory.  Untarred it, went into
the new directory (/usr/src/modules/pcmcia-cs) and, of course, read the
README file.  Which told me to :

# make configure
# make all
# make install

When I rebooted the system, my ethernet card started blinking again.  This
was a 2.2.20 -> 2.2.21 upgrade.  The 2.4.19 attempt failed miserably, so I'm
taking baby steps...

Hope that helps.  If not you, then someone else with a Netgear FA511 card
and a laptop.

t

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Steffens" <rsteff at attbi.com>
To: "PLUG List" <plug at lists.pdxlinux.org>
Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 10:58 AM
Subject: [PLUG] PCMCIA Driver for Debian Install


> I'm using the network technique to install Debian on my Thinkpad 390X.
> I've gotten to the "Select net modules" part where I'm supposed to
> select a driver from a long list. I have a 3Com Model 3CXE589ET, 10 Mbps
> PCMCIA card. I find a number of 3c--- drivers listed, but none of them
> are specifically the one I have. Does anyone know if the model I have
> works with one of these? I looked up the 589 on 3Com's site, but didn't
> learn anything useful.
>
> 3c501 'EtherLink' support
> 3c503 'EtherLink II' support
> 3c505 'EtherLink Plus' support
> 3c507 'EtherLink 16' support
> 3c509 'EtherLink III' support
> 3c515 ISA Fast EtherLink
> 3c523 'EtherLinkMC' support
> 3c529-scyld (No description available)
> 3c59x 'Vortex/Boomeran [that's all that's on the screen]
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dick Steffens
> "Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati"
> http://rsteff.home.attbi.com/
>
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