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Re: Diskless Notebook




Heinrich Rebehn <rebehn@comm.uni-bremen.de> writes:

> Kernel 2.4.0 does have PCMCIA suppourt built in, so no user level
> programs are neccesary. I also compiled in a driver for the card and it
> _is_ recognized at boot time (at least the MAC address is shown and the
> "link" light comes up. The real problem seems to be that the kernel
> tries to autoconfigure IP _before_ the card is recognised. I will try
> Ken Yaps's proposal (add ip=dhcp to kernel cmd line) next week.

This sound's like worth reporting it as a kernel bug. Or at least worth
discussion on kernel-devel mailing list. 

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