Re: Cardbus cards in Pre-Cardbus PCMCIA laptops?

"billstewart" <nonobvious@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
I've got an old laptop I'd like to upgrade from Win95 to Linux or *BSD,
but it's pre-USB and the PCMCIA slots are pre-Cardbus. If I plug in a
Cardbus card (e.g. Wireless or USB), will it work, but more slowly, or
will it not work at all, and will Linux be able to recognize it?

It physically won't fit in the slot. The connector is different to
prevent the error you're describing.
.

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