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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Installing on PCMCIA Hard Disk
Date: 2 Sep 1996 07:23:28 GMT
Organization: Private BSD site, Dresden
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Lars Hofhansl <lhofhans@indiana.edu> wrote:

> The pccard-deamon it obviously not included on any of the 2.1.5-Release
> disks.
> 
> Where do I get hold of these programs.

Gee.  Not everything on the world is as simple as ``getting the
program''.  In the case of PCMCIA, much has been done recently, and
98 % of the work has been done in the kernel.

> What else do I have to consider... I want to use a PCMCIA-Modem!

Your best bet is to upgrade to the latest published 2.2-SNAP, or
even to 2.2-current.  Of course, you're leaving the SOAR then.

(SOAR -- Safe Operating Area.  A term from power semiconductors. :)

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)