Question: More questions about this topics 

Forum: Installing Linux using or onto a PCMCIA device
Re: Question: problem to boot from PCMCIA scsi disk (Marcel van Heemst)
Re: See 'man pcinitrd' and the PCMCIA-HOWTO (David Hinds)
Re: Note: I have found a note! (Marcel van Heemst)
Date: 2000, Mar 18
From: Leonardo Presciuttini leoprex

I have installed TurboLinux 6.0 on an external IDE hard disk with PCMCIA interface (brand: 'Kangourou disk') and got the same problem: at the first boot the Linux partition cannot be seen because the PCMCIA driver is not still loaded. I understand that the problem can be solved following the instructions of chapt.5.3 of the PCMCIA-HOWTO, but they are not understatable to me: I do not know anything about Linux. In particular I cannot understand how I can pass commands to Linux such as pcinitrd when Linux OS is not running. Could an expert write down step-by-step instructions for non-specialists? Gratefully, Leonardo Presciuttini

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It is not simple, unfortunately Re: Question: More questions about this topics (Leonardo Presciuttini) Date: 2000, Mar 20 From: David Hinds <dhinds@pcmcia.sourceforge.org>

The instructions in the HOWTO were meant to be as step-by-step as I could manage. However, this is clearly described as an advanced procedure. You cannot do it unless you have access to another linux system that you can use to create the initrd boot image. And you should not try to do it if you are new to linux. So... the short answer would be "sorry, you just can't do this". -- Dave

1. Idea: I appreciate it is hard for a neophite, but..... by Leonardo Presciuttini, 2000, Mar 21

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