[ltp] RH9/ThinkPad 760XL

[Brian Beattie]

On Thu, 2003-04-24 at 04:28, Josh Allen wrote:
> I just installed Red Hat 9 on my 760XL.  It never detected my PCMCIA network
> card (Netgear FA411) on install, and now on boot I get this message:
> 
> starting pcmcia: PCI: No IRQ known for interrupt pin A on device
> 00:02.0. Please try using pci=biosirq.
> PCI: No IRQ known for interrupt pin B on device 00:02.1.  Please try using
> pci=biosirq.
> 
> I've tried using this option, and the same errors result, without the
> "Please try..."
> 
> Where do I go from here?  I've checked my BIOS, and downloaded the latest
> one from IBM, and when I tried to install it, it said I did not need to
> update at this time.

you are SOL, the 7660 does not (fully) support cardbus (32bit).  I went
around on this with my 760ED and a USB card.  You will need to find a 16
bit pcmcia card.

> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Josh
> 
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