3COM PCMCIA network card won't work in Toshiba 430CDT!

[muggins]

Well, never having used any pcmcia devices I'm not sure what modules are required. There's this resource here:

http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/ftp/do ... HOWTO.html

And this puppy thread here:

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=19476

where Pakt says:

- 3Com 3CXFE574BT Megahertz 10/100 LAN PC Card with XJACK connector. The network-wizard detects this automatically and loads module '3c574_cs'. Just click DHCP and the card works perfectly. This card has a special connector that pops out - doesn't need an adapter cable (dongle).

Out of curiousity, how have you installed puppy to the toshiba laptop, using frugal, or full, install?

[samfissure]

JackDeth,

I recently loaded Puppy on a Gateway Solo P2.

I had to go back to 2.13 to get the pcmcia 3comm to work. I used 3c59x for eth0 on the 3Comm pcmcia card

Try 2.13 and see if your 3comm is recognized. My driver was there and worked well.

EDIT: If it does work the drivers are in zdrv_2.13.sfs

Eric

Caneri- I can't thank you enough - I too loaded Puppy on a Gateway Solo P2, but was having a hard time getting Puppy to recognize the 3Com PCMCIA card. I followed your advice and loaded Puppy 2.13 into ram and figured out which driver I needed which was indeed 3c59x. In retrospect, I should have just loaded each module one by one until I loaded the correct one.

Thanks again for your help!

[Earwicker]

I had hell for a bit, but then pieced it together from the forum. Set the BIOS to accept Cardbus 16, and it will leave IRQ 11 alone long enough to recognize the card. Get the newest kernel, since the old one is deprecated and will kill the pcmcia. Best success with puppy 3.99 beta. Pupeez (the logical choice) didn't work, for some reason, even though it has the same kernel. Go figure.

[mrreality13]

Two useful sites, for linux on toshiba laptops, are:

http://www.linux-laptop.net/

http://newsletter.toshiba-tro.de/main/index.html

From the latter came this link:

http://newsletter.toshiba-tro.de/main/m ... php?Info=6

Don't use the PC-BUS option in BIOS setup.

This is for a toshiba Satellite Pro 430. Do you have this option in your Bios, and does disabling it make any difference?

this above quote solved my issue with a satellite 2535 cds buy changin bios i can now get on line(and yes its a old thread but worked so thanx)Ive spent many hours reading and searching

[CharmyBee]

I've also got my 3C589D pcmcia card working with changing the BIOS setting from PCMC-compatible to Cardbus / 16-bit, using the 3c589_cs module.