[linux-help] Re: Linux on a Laptop

[John Alexander <john.alexander@xxxxxxxx>]

The 3COM 509B and 509C are ISA with PNP, not PCMCIA. Again, No problems with
either card using RH 5.2, 6.0, 6.1, Corel, Debian 2.0 (haven't tried 2.1) or
any recent variant of Mandrake.

ja

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jphillip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jphillip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of John Phillips
> Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 8:57 AM
> To: linux-help@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [linux-help] Re: Linux on a Laptop
>
>
> The 509B and 509C are the ones I have had trouble with.
> John Phillips
>
>
> On Tue, 21 Mar 2000, John Alexander wrote:
>
> > The weird thing is, I have never had any of these issues with a
> 3COM 3C589C,
> > 3C589D, or Sky Link Express Combo with Redhat 5.2, 6.0, 6.1 or
> Mandrake 6.0
> > or 6.1.
> >
> > ja
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: linux-help-bounce@xxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:linux-help-bounce@xxxxxxxxx]On
> > > Behalf Of Wayne White
>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 7:35 AM
> > > To: linux-help@xxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [linux-help] Re: Linux on a Laptop
> > >
> > >
> > > At 09:03 AM 03/20/2000 -0600, you wrote:
> > > >Hi all.  I just did my first sucessfull install of mandrake7
> on my Compaq
> > > >presario 1622 laptop.  However I ham having no end of
> troubles getting my
> > > >PCMCIA net card to work.  I have a Netgear FA410tx.  I can still
> > > exchange it
> > > >out at CompUSA, but if the hardware is the problem, I need to
> > > know what kind
> > > >to buy.  Any assistance would be appreciated.
> > > >
> > > >Thanks
> > > >Jonathan
> > > >
> > > >
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> > >
> > > You might make sure that your PCMCIA service is starting correctly. My
> > > first laptop install was Red Hat, which Mandrake is derived from. It
> > > took some tweak to start the PCMCIA as a module after booting to get
> > > it to even see the PCMCIA slots, much less the cards. I'm sorry, it's
> > > been so long that I don't remember exactly what I had to do to get it
> > > to work. Someone, steer him in the right direction on the
> modules thing.
> > >
> > > Just a note. I was recently forced to wipe the drive in that laptop.
> > > When reinstalling I went with Open Linux 2.3. It came out of
> the install
> > > with the PCMCIA working and my Linksys card recognized, just had to
> > > turn it on with COAS.
> > >
> > > wayne
> > >
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