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John Kim <kim@mak.com> writes:
> To fix this problem, I need to download the PCMCIA source files
> off the net and compile the appropriate modules to regain access
> to the net.
I would recommend you drop the source on to a MS-DOS floppy from
another machine and just used mcopy/mount it (if you have FAT file
support built into your new kernel). Alternativelym, if you have a
modem, do something over the phone like SLIP or zmodem.
> So be careful if you're recompiling the kernel with RedHat on
> your laptop. Don't just make a backup of your old kernel,
> backup the /lib/modules directory too.
Good advice.
> P.S. Does anyone know a way to get my new kernel to use the old
> PCMCIA modules? It seems to me it shouldn't matter when the
> modules were compiled. Am I missing something obvious?
No can do. In order for loadable kernel modules to work, the modules
themselves have know where in the kernel they are supposed to load. If
you change the load points in the kernel (by creating a new kernel),
you lose (there are ways of trying to shoehorn it back in, but I don't
recommend it). Once you have the pcmcia source on your machine, I've
found the rebuild/reinstall to be really easy.
Peace,
dNb
P.S. (Been there, done that, with an even worse horror story I could tell).