Description of Problem:
I can't do a network install on my Toshiba Libretto L1 notebook because there
are problems with PCMCIA.

The installer only offers me "hard disk installation" after I boot from the
PCMCIA and PCMCIAdd floppy images (off a Sony USB floppy drive).

Here is the partial, hand copied output from the console 4 with the PCMCIA error
messages:

...
<4>PCI: No IRQ known for interrupt pin A of device 00:12.0. Please try using
pci=biosirq
<4>Yenta IRQ list 0000, PCI irq0
<4>Socket status: 30000020
<6>cs: cb_alloc(bus 1): vendor 0x10ec, device 0x8139
<4>PCI: Enabling device 01:00.0 (0000 -> 0003)
<4>PCI: No IRQ known for interrupt pin A of device 00:12.0. Please try using
pci=biosirq
<30>Oct 3 14:00:43 cardmgr[55]: starting, version is 3.1.31
<27>Oct 3 14:00:43 cardmgr[55]: config error, file 'config' line 1053: syntax error
<30>Oct 3 14:00:43 cardmgr[55]: config error, file 'config' line 2129: no
function binding
<30>Oct 3 14:00:43 cardmgr[55]: watching 1 sockets
<30>Oct 3 14:00:43 cardmgr[55]: Card services release does not match
<6>cs: IO port probe 0x0c00-0x0cff: clean.
<6>cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding 0x1e0-0x1e7 0x408-0x40f
0x480-0x48f 0x4d0-0x4d7
<6>cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean.
<28>Oct 3 14:00:43 cardmgr[55]: could not open /var/run/cardmgr.pid:
<28>Oct 3 14:00:43 cardmgr[55]: fopen(stabfile) failed:
<30>Oct 3 14:00:43 cardmgr[55]: socket 0: CardBus hotplug device
<28>Oct 3 14:00:43 cardmgr[55]: fopen(stabfile) failed:
<30>Oct 3 14:00:43 cardmgr[55]: exiting

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I tried booting with "linux pci=biosirq" but that got me a kernel panik.

I think it uses a Toshiba TOPIC100 CardBus bridge.

I tried installing with 2 different CardBus fast ethernet cards:

* Ambicom AMB8100
* LevelOne FPC-0106TX

If you need further information about the Toshiba Libretto L1, let me know
(hardware etc).