for the GENTOO crowd

[bkelsay at comcast.net]

The problem with the Cardbus NIC is hardware.  The laptop was not designed
to use Cardbus and the NIC is not backward compatible.  Using a cardbus card
in a non-cardbus laptop is like putting an ISA card in a PCI slot.  Doesn't
work.

How do I go about making this loop-back swap?  Is this in addition to
regular swap?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Densmore" <DensmoreB at ctbsonline.com>
To: <kclug at kclug.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 8:17 AM
Subject: RE: for the GENTOO crowd

> I burned all three stages, but only used stage 1. You will need internet
> access to do it, either way you go. I thought cardbus worked in Linux? I
> think the kernel needs to be compiled to support it though. I'd check
> the lhd to see if there is a recommended driver for you nic.
>
> To help with the memory you might try adding a loop device swap file,
> assuming you have sufficient hard disc. This will almost certainly fix
> any lack of memory problems. At a cost.
>
> HTH,
> Brian Densmore
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bkelsay at comcast.net [mailto:bkelsay at comcast.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 11:10 PM
> > To: kclug at kclug.org
> > Subject: Re: for the GENTOO crowd
> >
> >
> > Gentoo related question.  Will I be able to install from just
> > a stage one
> > disk on a P-120 laptop w/ 32MB of RAM?  I finally found a
> > laptop I could
> > afford and it's slower than my desktop P-233.  I'm currently
> > looking for a
> > RAM upgrade for this old laptop and it will max out at 48MB.
> > Luckily it has
> > a built in 6x CD and floppy and a NIC I bought on ebay is on its way.
> >
> > Somebody gave me a 10/100 NIC, but it was cardbus (32-bit)
> > and couldn't be
> > detected in either Linux or Windows.   I already had Windows
> > 98 on the drive
> > from my internet appliance and so I stuck it in and the
> > laptop booted fine
> > and detected all hardware, except the NIC.  I loaded Mandrake
> > 8.2 on it but
> > could only get disk one and a MINIMAL  Icewm.  It looks
> > crappy.   I want
> > XFCE or something else.  Hoping that KDE when compiled on the
> > machine will
> > be sweet.
> > Brian Kelsay
>