Re: tlug: PCMCIA problem during TurboLinux install

[Marcus Metzler <mocm@example.com>]

Scott Stone writes:
 > On Fri, 14 Aug 1998, Karl-Max Wagner wrote:
 > 
 > > > Any ideas about what I can do?  Can I somehow give some
 > > 
 > > First, use PLIP to get that issue out of the way until you've
 > > got a basic installation on that machine. Then you have much
 > > better chances to track the problem down.
 > > 
 > > I personally would use Slackware for that. TL is good for
 > > installs which run as they should, but if you need to do some
 > > serious hacking, Slackware is better ( =easier. TL is rather
 > > complex under the hood ). Debian might be good for
 > > that, too ( You can do a basic installation entirely with
 > > diskettes ).
 > > 
 > > After that your chances are a lot better.
 > 
 > Slackware wouldn't work either, as its pcmcia-cs doesn't support the sharp
 > mebius any better than TL's pcmcia-cs does.  AFAIK TL uses a newer
 > pcmcia-cs than Slack does.
 > 
Slackware is good to solve the install problem though. I first
installed slackware and found out how to patch the pcmcia-cs and then
tried it on TL. In slackware you have a login before you go into the
install program, so you can setup a lot by hand.

Marcus

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