[WBEL-users] Missing PCMCIA Ethernet Modules?

[Timothy Chen Allen]

I believe I can help.

I had the same symptoms.  The modules were there, but would not work. 
I had to use rpm to install:

/Redhat/RPMS/kernel-unsupported-2.4.21-15.EL.i686.rpm

from disk 3 to get my PCMCIA 3Com 3C574-TX Fast EtherLink 16-Bit PC Card to work
and connect to the network.

Once I did that, it worked fine.  Until I did that,  the network card
was useless.  I hope that helps.

On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 20:41:43 -0700 (MST), muck <muck at felitaur.com> wrote:
> 
> Greetings. I've been using Whitebox for a good year now, and have
> installed it at my brother's school as their main server, and use it to
> teach my community college students the basics of linux administration.
> 
> It's a great distro, even though the update feature can be a bit tricky at
> times, I've had no real complaints.
> 
> Then, in gratitude, my brother gives me an old laptop, a Gateway Solo
> 1150. I finally figure out how to install Whitebox to it, and it works
> great...EXCEPT
> 
> I can't get a network card to work on this thing to save my life. And each
> time I try another card, I find out the same problem. The kernel module
> needed to run the pcmcia ethernet card is not there. There is the source
> (.c) file, but no compiled modules.
> 
> How do I compile JUST the modules for the existing kernel? I really don't
> want a custom kernel, as that makes updates a bit of a pain.
> 
> Any advice? Or do you know of a more modern pcmcia ethernet card that I
> can purchase that will A) work with this version of whitebox and B)
> actually FIT in the slot? (There is a curved lip around the stupid pcmcia
> slot, so any card with a wide add on to the end as I've seen on new cards
> literally can't plug in without cutting away a significant chunk of the
> case).
> 
> Thanks, I really like this laptop. For what I need, it's just fine, but I
> need to get an ethernet card working somehow.
> 
> Copernicus
> 
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