arch-0.6-base.iso: request for 'pcmcia' package

marin_linuxer · 2003-09-25 19:35:43

Hello,

I use my pcmcia Wi-Fi card on my laptop to access my router-to-cable-modem internet. Would you please consider adding the 'pcmcia' package to the 0.6 release of the 'base.iso'.

Would these requests be better made as a bug-report in the tracker?

Thanx.

sarah31 · 2003-09-25 20:11:48

well yes it would probably make more sense to submit a bug report.

mind you the base iso is just supposed to be the bare essentials to get your system up and running not necessarily connect to the internet. for example with the current base iso i would not be able to get online as i require the rp-pppoe package (that is if i were directly connected to my modem and not going through my router box).

marin_linuxer · 2003-09-25 20:48:57

OK and, as always, thanx Sarah.

marin_linuxer · 2003-09-26 16:15:36

OK, I've been mulling this over(can you hear the metal-on-metal scraping sound in my head?). If the base install is, as it has sometimes been refered too, for getting a 'base(ic)' install up-n-runing, then, how do most people get their various dial-up/pcmcia/PPPoE/etc.. systems installed? Is it simply inferred, that, people need to have these packages already available on another CD or local NFS/FTP share?

I was under the impression that the 'base.iso' is for a quick install, followed by completion over a broadband connection(?). What are the other ways people use it?

Thanx.

Xentac · 2003-09-26 16:30:22

Base is for all the things in the base category. The base category defines all things that are needed to get a minimal system up and running. If you can make a case that pcmcia-cs is needed on a minimal system (you don't have to convince me... convince apeiro), or rp-pppoe for that matter, then maybe they'll be added to the base category. Otherwise you might just want to install off the full cd (or even the live cd... though, unless there have been more updates it might be a little out of date now).

marin_linuxer · 2003-09-26 16:50:56

Ok, thanx, again.

deepfreeze · 2003-09-26 17:25:44

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I also believe that you can just get the base-iso and then load whatever other modules you need onto a floppy disk (such as the pcmcia or rppp-oe) and load them directly from the floppy during the install process. I think I read that somewhere, but I'm not really sure since I use dhcp and that's already included...

Just a thought

Xentac · 2003-09-26 17:28:19

Only modules, not packages (not currently within the install process... you could do it afterwards if the files fit on the disk).

apeiro · 2003-09-27 04:48:55

I agree that net connectivity should be provided in a base install. rp-pppoe and pcmcia-cs will be present on the 0.6 base-only iso.

marin_linuxer · 2003-09-27 05:29:34

awesome! Thanx apeiro.

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#1 2003-09-25 19:35:43

arch-0.6-base.iso: request for 'pcmcia' package

#2 2003-09-25 20:11:48

Re: arch-0.6-base.iso: request for 'pcmcia' package

#3 2003-09-25 20:48:57

Re: arch-0.6-base.iso: request for 'pcmcia' package

#4 2003-09-26 16:15:36

Re: arch-0.6-base.iso: request for 'pcmcia' package

#5 2003-09-26 16:30:22

Re: arch-0.6-base.iso: request for 'pcmcia' package

#6 2003-09-26 16:50:56

Re: arch-0.6-base.iso: request for 'pcmcia' package

#7 2003-09-26 17:25:44

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#8 2003-09-26 17:28:19

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#9 2003-09-27 04:48:55

Re: arch-0.6-base.iso: request for 'pcmcia' package

#10 2003-09-27 05:29:34

Re: arch-0.6-base.iso: request for 'pcmcia' package

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