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From: Tom Wadlow <wadlow@pilot.net>
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Subject: Ethernet options on 2.2-GAMMA
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Hi,

I'm trying to install 2.2-GAMMA on a Twinhead 5100 486 laptop.  I've got a
3Com Etherlink III 3c589 PCMCIA card in PCMCIA slot 0.  I've successfully
built a boot floppy, and am attempting to do an FTP-based installation. 
I'm having two problems installing with this configuration, almost
certainly related: 

	- The kernel boot messages place the zp0 (the Etherlink III)
	device init messages just a few lines before the screen clears
	to start the initialization.  Try as I might, I am not fast enough
	to read those lines to determine if it is successfully finding the
	zp0 device in the fraction of a second it is visible.

	- The Media selection option of the installation program does
	not list zp0 as an option.  It lists the SLIP, PPP and parallel
	options, but not zp0.  There seems to be no way to bypass this,
	or check directly for the presense of the zp0 device.

Any thoughts as to how to proceed?  My thought is that a "hit space to
continue" option before the installation script starts would be helpful,
so you could read the rest of the kernel messages.

Is the Etherlink III really supported by the boot floppy (it seems to be
in the kernel config screens)?

--Tom