On Wed, 22 Nov 2000, Wynne, Conor wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>> My laptop
> I run VMware on my RH7 laptop for access to exchange mail (Outlook is still
> the best mail client - no arguments) (celeron 433 160MB)
> I also run VM on my WINNT desktop pIII 600 with 128MB
> Which will have netware and SCO etc etc in little windows - nice
> And guess which is faster? The lowly laptop.
>> I have a question... due to a kernel bug or a vmware bug or something, I
> have no cdrom access under win98 with 2.2.16-22 (the default rh7)
Problems most likely with VMWare if the CDROM works normally otherwise
>> So it suggested upgrading (or downgrading), as I am new to this laptop
> malarkey, I only know how to use compile pcmcia cards with a 2.4 kernel.
> But vmware did not like 2.4 - it gave me an error - could not get a
> "timestamp for your processor" in other words.... www.goodluckcity.com
>> Finally my question:
> Which pre-2.4 kernel has direct support - modular or otherwise - for
> pccards?
> ps: of the 2.4's, I have tried 2.4.0-test1 and 2.4.0-test11 (the first and
> the last)
>> Anyone?
Look for the kernel-pcmcia rpms. The pcmcia stuff isn't integrated with
the rest of the kernel (or at least, it wasn't).
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