Re: Newbie: RH9 (Fedora) laptop PCMCIA networking "removed"

From: Clive Long,UK (clive_long_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 02/03/04 

Date: 3 Feb 2004 03:27:42 -0800

>> Hello,

>> Problem: I have "broken" and am trying to re-instate PCMCIA
ethernet
>> support on my Linux laptop.

All,

    As I do not know how to fix this problem, although I feel it could
be corrected with a config change, I decided to re-install Fedora /
RedHat.

    Two new problems.

   First attempt at re-install - I think the Anaconda installer was
only trying to install UPDATED packages - so in fact nothing new was
installed - and the NIC problem remained.

   Second (and subsequent) re-install attempts, the install is aborted
early on and a "media check" indicates the install CD-Rom is corrupt
or damaged - which is bizarre because I have used it at least 10 times
since initial install to run the "linux rescue" mentioned in early
posts.

  Do I just have to put this corrupt disk down to bad luck a reburn
the Disk1 image on to a new CDR? Or is something else going on here?

   Any suggestions for a different Linux distribution as I find the
install process of Fedora "inflexible". The replacement of the GnoRPM
package installer with the new one, a fantastically retrograde step.
The Fedora package installer forces one to install new packages that
are not part of the standard Fedora "package profile" through the
command line. Also I have had Fedora completely freeze up in
operation. I downloaded the latest ISO images from the Fedora site as
the start point.

Thanks,

Clive

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