On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Thomas Bächler <thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Am 15.07.2010 08:58, schrieb Nilesh Govindarajan: >> Okay all, I found the option. I had hotplug disabled, so it was now >> showing up. The / trick helped :D >> I compiled the 3c589_cs driver into the vmlinuz image (loadable module >> support disabled), but it doesn't seem to recognize the hardware. >> As per Thomas, the initialization has to be done by initrd, but how >> can a kernel and initrd fit on a 1.44 MB floppy? >> and btw, udev is disabled in my install, I am using static /dev nodes. > > If you try to boot via network, you could try to use gPXE - if you are > lucky, it has support for your network card (it supports very many > cards). gPXE can then load kernel and initrd via network (NFS, tftp, > http, ftp, whatever you like). gPXE usually fits on a floppy, even with > network drivers included. > > I don't think gPXE supports PCMCIA network cards. Leave all that, what am I supposed to do to initialize the PCMCIA card? -- Regards, Nilesh Govindarajan Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nilesh.gr Twitter: http://twitter.com/nileshgr Website: http://www.itech7.com Cheap and Reliable VPS Hosting: http://j.mp/arHk5e
