Mandrake 10.1 P2 laptop Install

linuxpupil · 10-12-2005, 11:00 AM

PII 33 mhz
320 MB RAM
8 MB Video

Installation process goes extremely well. Everything loads like it did on my old PC.

Installation wants it to reboot so I do that... when i change the Boot order in CMOS and start it again the program stops at a black screen with a blinking 'GRUB" at the top.

Any ideas?

linuxpupil · 10-13-2005, 07:07 AM

Ok I fixed it.

The Lilo Bootloader was not overwriting the GRUB bootloader from a previous Distro so I changed the bootloader to grub in the install options and it loaded right up.

Now I cant get it to locate my PCMCIA network card... any ideas?

CragStar · 10-14-2005, 05:37 AM

Did you have the PCMCIA card inserted when you installed Mandriva?

Check that the pcmcia modules are loaded first

Code:

su -
<enter root password>
lsmod | grep pcmcia

If it comes back with something like

Code:

pcmcia                 20648  4
pcmcia_core            43300  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic

The n you should be okay.

Insert your card and goto the Mandriva Control Centre to configure it. Most PCMCIA network cards are detected by Mandriva as long as it doesn't require propriatory drivers - what is the type and make?

linuxpupil · 10-14-2005, 07:05 AM

Its a Linksys PCM100

I believe the drivers are "ne" for NE1000 and 2000 PnP. The problem is when I run dmesg I get an error saying PnP Disabled error message. I will grab the full dmesg and post it tonight.

I ran lspci and it is locating my two card bus slots but the lights on the card arent coming on. It seems like its not even being noticed.

linuxpupil · 10-15-2005, 12:56 AM

Not sure how I did it but here it goes...

reloaded mandrake 10.1 this time making the install locate the pcmcia and it did without a problem. Lights lit up but I had left the cat5 unplugged... mistake.

Moved the laptop near the cat5 and had to reboot the machine. It didnt boot the card the next time. So I was back where I started.

I read around LQ I got bits and pieces of what needed and went at it.

cd /etc

removed the alias pcnet_cs eth0 line from the modprobe.conf file

then I added pcnet_cs to the module file and rebooted. The card was detecting. ifconfig shows card properly and then I was done. (for those who are new, ifconfig will give you a command not found error unless you are in /etc which is something I was unaware of.

I got this thing going and I am scared to reboot. But it is almost 2 am here and I am almost sure I can get this thing up again if need be. This was definately a test... tomorrow, gmail and WM setup again. WOOT