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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.uwa.edu.au!disco.iinet.net.au!wa.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.compuserve.com!ix.netcom.com!netcom.net.uk!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Installing on PCMCIA Hard Disk Date: 22 Aug 1996 16:09:38 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 25 Message-ID: <4vht7i$e5@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <4v9q0v$jt7@nr1.ottawa.istar.net> <4v9v85$i97@helena.MT.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Nate Williams (nate@trout.mt.sri.com) wrote: : [ Emailed as well ] : In article <4v9q0v$jt7@nr1.ottawa.istar.net>, [.....] : >Is there a special boot disk that is required to see PC Card hard : >disks during the install... Or is this even supported ?? : Yep, but even after you get it, you won't be able boot off the disk : since the PCCARD disk won't be probed until after the machine goes : multi-user, which would be impossible w/out a completely working system. : This is one of the limitations of the the current PCCARD code has since it : does most of it's work in user-land, and unfortunately I don't see it changing : anytime in the near future. : Sorry! Can't you have a small (~30Mb) boot partition on your wd0 ? I'm sure you could get pccardd and the like on it (along with regular root partition stuff) - enough to get a hold of your PCMCIA card. -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....