[arch-general] PCMCIA Kernel 2.6

[Thomas Bächler]

Am 15.07.2010 08:58, schrieb Nilesh Govindarajan:
> Okay all, I found the option. I had hotplug disabled, so it was now
> showing up. The / trick helped :D
> I compiled the 3c589_cs driver into the vmlinuz image (loadable module
> support disabled), but it doesn't seem to recognize the hardware.
> As per Thomas, the initialization has to be done by initrd, but how
> can a kernel and initrd fit on a 1.44 MB floppy?
> and btw, udev is disabled in my install, I am using static /dev nodes.

If you try to boot via network, you could try to use gPXE - if you are
lucky, it has support for your network card (it supports very many
cards). gPXE can then load kernel and initrd via network (NFS, tftp,
http, ftp, whatever you like). gPXE usually fits on a floppy, even with
network drivers included.

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