Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 37052
PCMCIA install of Red Hat 7.1 does not work
Last modified: 2014-03-16 22:20:31 EDT
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.77 [en] (X11; U; HP-UX B.11.00 9000/785) PCMCIA install of Red Hat 7.1 does not work. Booting from pcmcia.img works fine but when the PCMCIA device drivers floppy is inserted and the process is continued, the installation process hangs for at least 12 (twelve!) hours!! Earlier installations of 6.X and 7.0 via PCMCIA worked fine. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Insert the pcmcia.img into the laptop floppy drive 2.Start up the laptop 3.Follow the on-screen instructions Actual Results: TOTAL SYSTEM HANG! Expected Results: Installation procedure No error messages, just a complete hang.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 37051 ***
I just purchased a Toshiba Satellite-S103 and I loaded Windows XP Pro on the hard drive. Then as I was attempting to load Red Hat 8.0, I ran into the same "Initialize PC Card Devices" error. I tried the nopcmcia, then I got a "Blue Screen of Death". HERE'S HOW I GOT IT TO LOAD: linux nopcmcia resolution=640x480 noprobe <enter> When you are loading Linux, make sure to hit I for interactive startup. When it asks for starting PCMCIA (y/n/c), be sure to hit no (n). Then it loads fine. If anyone comes across or makes a driver for the pcmcia card on the Toshiba laptops, please let me know: td41@evansville.edu