On Mon, 23 Nov 1998, Karl Pfleger wrote:
> ----- Symptom details -----
> During the boot process it asks whether PCMCIA is needed. After saying yes it
> asks for the supplemental disk and after that is loaded the main screen (F1)
> hangs at the "Starting PCMCIA services..." message. This is a severe hang.
> Can't switch to other virtual consoles or ctrl-alt-del.
>
> Retrying, switching to the install log (F3) before the hang, last 2 lines:
> * running: /bin/insmod /bin/insmod /modules/pcmcia_core.o
> * running: /bin/insmod /bin/insmod /modules/i82365.o
>
> Retrying, switching to the system log (F4) before the hang, last 4 lines:
> <7>VFS: Disk change detected on device 02:00
> <6>Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.0.5
> <6> kernel build: 2.0.36 unknown
> <6> options: [pci] [cardbus]
Hi Karl,
Looks like it's getting thru the pcmcia probing but failing at the pcmcia
services init, and seems like the pcmcia was compiled for a different
kernel version. So, perhaps you can try building a kernel AND the pcmcia
services for that kernel, then put the appropriate files/drivers into the
boot/supplemental pair i.e. kernel into boot.img and the drivers into the
supp.img.
> I'll think about a hard-disk install next, but someone has to know how to
> make these changes to the boot and supplemental disks, right?
I had problems with a HD install with 5.2 (5.1 is ok) on a vfat/msdos
partition--the install couldn't load the iso88xx modules required for
msdos. If you ftp the distro onto a linux partition then it should be ok.
rgds,
--shing
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