On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 07:20:01PM +0100, Christoph Leuzinger wrote:
> 
> I'm currently trying to install NetBSD/i386-1.5 on my Compaq Armada
> 1590DT laptop. I've got a Xircom PCMCIA card for it:
> 
>      Xircom CreditCard Ethernet+Modem 33.6
> 
> Now the kernel shipped for installation on laptops (install floppies
> from bootlap1.fs and bootlap2.fs) won't detect the card. As I'm
> planning to install via FTP this is quite annoying.
> 
> The kernel detects the cardbus[1]:
> 
> 	cardbus1 bus2 ... (that was too fast :)
> 	pcmcia1 at cardbus1
> 
> I'm expecting the kernel to find xi0 or something, but it doesn't.
> 
> Any suggestions?

Try an ordinary GENERIC or INSTALL kernel instead? They don't have cardbus,
so pcmcia might attach directly. No clue whether or not it will improve
matters, but it's worth a try..

> [1] BTW: is there any possibility to preserve the kernel output? I
>     can't find any dmesg while installing.

Take a look at /kern/msgbuf


Cheers,

Patrick