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PCMCIA support
Symptom:
You want to operate either a notebook or a computer with PCMCIA slots.
You have a PCMCIA-SCSI card or PCMCIA-SCSI network card, which are
supported by Linux.
Procedure:
- Find out, whether your PCMCIA card belongs to those ones supported by
Linux (see PCMCIA source packets' installation below).
- Recompile your kernel. This must contain for PCMCIA
at least the following options:
*
* Loadable module support
*
Enable loadable module support (CONFIG_MODULES) [Y/n/?] Y
*
* Floppy, IDE, and other block devices
*
Support removable IDE interfaces (PCMCIA) (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_PCMCIA)
[N/y/?] Y
*
* SCSI support type (disk, tape, CD-ROM)
*
SCSI disk support (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD) [N/y/m/?] (NEW) Y
SCSI tape support (CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST) [N/y/m/?] (NEW) Y
SCSI CD-ROM support (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR) [N/y/m/?] (NEW) Y
Please declare the latter, if you should require it.
- Install the compiled kernel with LILO and reboot.
- Please install the source packet with YaST into pcmcia (packet
pcmcia_s in the serie zq). The sources are then in the directory
/usr/src/packages/pcmcia. Unpack the .tar.gz file.
- In the file SUPPORTED.CARDS are the supported cards.
- Recompile the PCMCIA modul. When doing it, follow exactly the
instructions in the file PCMCIA-HOWTO. Install it then.
Please pay attention to configure the SCSI support in kernel before the
PCMCIA source packets' compilation. First kernel, then
modul.
Specially important for customers with the
S.u.S.E. Linux 4.2 1st edition (pre 2.0.4 kernel):
In our ftp server
you will find the pcmcia and pcmcia_s packets' current versions.

Keywords: PCMCIA, SCSI, MODULE, KERNEL, NET CARD, NET

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