Re: Cardbus cards in Pre-Cardbus PCMCIA laptops?
- From: Mark South <mark.south@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 12:50:51 +0200
On Sun, 02 Apr 2006 17:36:53 -0700, Paul Rubin wrote:
"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.
Not necessarily true. Some laptops about 10 years ago (Toshiba for
example) had slots that could be switched in the BIOS between Cardbus and
PCMCIA, but will only run one kind at a time.
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