Yeah, i kind of figured as much after a little while...
"/Am I missing something just obvious and stupid?/" Yes.
Thanks for your help, though, nonetheless =)
~alden
Michelle Darcy wrote:
Alden Huang wrote:
Hi there,
I was just curious if anyone had experience using their ibook
(dual-usb model) with a pcmcia wifi card that is not a lucent
orinoco/airport. I have a card which fits neatly (without having to
do anything ridiculous with a dremel =), but I just can't seem to get
it to even detect.
I really have no experience with anything PCMCIA on linux, and I cant
even get the computer to show that something is there and plugged
in....although I'm sure its a card supported; it's just a re-badged
prism2.
Although the LEDS on the card light up when I plug it in, cardctl
returns no socket() or something like that...nothing shows up under
the boot cd loading with the dopcmcia option either.
Am I missing something just obvious and stupid? any help would be
appreciated.
Best,
alden
Airport (carried in the Pismo, iBook G3 and TiBook) is basically a
cut-down PC Card slot. There's just enough logic to get Airport and
similar PC Cards running. Prism2 isn't an Orinoco, so of course the
system won't know what to do with it. Trying to use a PC Card in this
slot might have worked on the Pismo or TiBook, but since the iBooks
don't possess a full-fledged PC Card controller, you're completely
screwed.
PowerPC Airport Extreme is a similar setup, only it's MiniPCI and uses
Broadcom chipsets. In both cases, it's a cost reduction measure.
Sorry to disappoint you.
--michi
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