[ltp] 2.2.10 or 2.2.12 with token ring

[Will van Zwanenberg]

At 09:51 AM 9/20/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi,
>    I  managed to get token ring and modem (PCMCIA card)
>working with RH 6.0 on 770E, 770Z, 600E, thanks to various suggestions
>on this mailing list. 
>During this process I found that the 2.2.10 kernel 
>was easier to get working with the token ring/modem. I wonder
>if any of you have had similar experiences.
>
>Here are the details:
>I am using pcmcia 3.0.14 for all the three laptops.
>First I installed the 2.2.10 kernel and pcmcia 3.0.14 on the 770E and 
>that was a piece  of cake. Next I installed the 2.2.12 on the 770Z and 
>that was such a  hassle, especially to get the correct resource windows. The
>modem on it still does not work. 
>Then I installed the 2.2.12 on the 600E and I could not get token ring
working,
>being unable to find good resource windows for it. So I installed the 2.2.10
>kernel on it and then it was a piece of cake to get the token ring working
and
>so with the modem. 
>
>It is probable that all this problem 
>may be because the free resource windows in the new kernel may be different.
>Since I don't know anything about the linux kernel, I don't know if this
>is correct. Also, I  allowed some modules with the 2.2.12 and I didn't
>allow any modules with the 2.2.10 kernel. This may have made a difference
too.
>Maybe if modules are to be loaded, the free resource windows are
different. Very
>likely both these theories are wrong but I can't think of
>anything else I did different for the installations. All this said
>I am a linux novice so I may be completely off the track :)

Surely there must be a solution to the modem problem that doesn't involve
using a PCMCIA card modem?
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