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Message from Steven
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ljones wrote:
>
> >  If that fails, you should try a  2.4 kernel 
> > (perhaps from your Slackware installation)
> >  with matching 2.4 modules.
>
> I then tried a 2.4.20 kernel and followed these instructions:
> http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/baslinux/library.html

Stop!  Those are not the instructions you want.
Those are for upgrading the library.  They have
nothing to do with the kernel.

> I installed these into BL3;
> 
> elflibs-9.0.3-i386-1.tgz
> misc-libs.tgz
> glibc-solibs-2.3.1-i386-3.tgz
> kernel-modules-2.4.20-i486-7.tgz

Oh dear, now you have lots of unnecessary junk.

> And extracted the kernel from kernel-ide-2.4.20-i486-5.tgz, 
> which I put into my C:\baslin directory and renamed it 
> vmlinuz24. I then ran
> 
> loadlin vmlinuz24 root=/dev/hda2 rw

That could be OK (depending on the config used to 
compile that kernel).  I was thinking Sindi might
have a suitable 2.4 kernel for you.  Where is Sindi
anyway?  I thought she would jump in as soon as I
mentioned 2.4

> That booted up, but any pcmcia operations resulted 
> in a crash similar to what I had before with the 
> normal Bl3 kernel, but with the additional message 
> saying "kernel not syncing".

Does your 2.4 kernel use three modules (hermes and 
two orinocos) or just one (orinoco)?  If it just uses 
one, did you change /etc/pcmcia/config to reflect this?

Since the problem does not appear to be in the kernel
module, the most likely cause is hardware.  Has your
PCMCIA card worked for you with any other operating 
system?  Has the PCMCIA slot on your laptop worked
with any other PCMCIA card?

Cheers,
Steven