Adam, thanks for the reply. I'd actually been through this with 8.1, which didn't seem to have any wireless support at all. I was trying to play dumb user here (not too much of a stretch) to test the install.
The key points are: (1) The LINKSYS card ought to be in the PCMCIA database (2) The drakconf network driver list does *not* include orinoco_cs, just orinoco_plx (3) The other minor usability issues (can't read the modprobe error message, no indication that a request to probe for a LAN card wasn't successful, wizard crashes, etc.)
