PCMCIA CDROM & Install

teknik0s · 12-07-2002, 01:11 AM

I recently obtained a Dell Latitude XPi P133ST Laptop. Well, from asking around i found that slackware seems to be my best bet on such a slow system. So, i figured the PCMCIA cdrom wouldnt load at first so i got the bare.i kernel and install.1 - 5 root disks and the pcmcia.dsk. I loaded it up, everything goes fine, pcmcia cdrom is detected cause the power light is flashing now and ya ya. but when i go to select "source media" and try to select the CD-Rom it doesnt see it. I want to use the slackware 8.1 cd for the rest of the installtion but cant figure out where or if the pcmcia cdrom is being mounted. its a panasonic KXL-807a ...

thanks

JimH · 12-07-2002, 07:09 PM

I have no idea with Slackware and I have not seen SkyNet around for a few days. He is the Slacker.

You might try Slackware current or Debian 3.0 with a 2.2 kernel.

I am going to move this to the Slackware topic. It might get read more by the Slackware users.

teknik0s · 12-08-2002, 06:39 PM

I gave up on the CD-Rom and got an ethernet card. I'm sure it wasnt hopeless, but it would of taken more time than i was willing to give it. So, i got my slackware 8.1 cdrom, copied the "slackware" directory to a folder on my other box, and setup NFS. Be sure u have NFS enabled in ur kernel to do this.

Then i just selected NFS as the typed of install i wanted to do and it went smoothly. Now to get X to work, this is a pain. When im done im gonna make a website on all the trouble i had installing on this latitude XPi

**SkyNet** · 12-14-2002, 05:18 AM

I've read your other post about you having problems with your neomagic video card. If what you say is true, and it's a NM2070, then you will want to use the MagicGraph 128 driver. This should solve your problems with X. BTW the NM2070 is not supported in 24 bit color. So please use 16 or less.

teknik0s · 12-14-2002, 05:36 PM

yea i found that out now.. the "neomagic" driver in xf86config does support mine. only thing is i cant use the

# chipset "NM2070"

line or x wont start. says device driver not supported. now im trying to figure out why it wont work in 800x600 FULL Screen. it looks nice, it just wont take up the whole monitor. i have a post in Window Managers if u know anything about that.

Thanks

**SkyNet** · 12-15-2002, 03:41 AM

I've read up a little bit on this NeoMagic card, and you can try to append this to the screens section. It may solve your problem with corrupted display, and or full screen.

Option "XaaNoPixmapCache"
Option "XaaNoScreenToScreenCopy"

Another trick that some have reported that works for the Latitude is to boot up in 800x600. Their methods are change "vga=normal" to "vga=770" in /etc/lilo.conf