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Offline NetMouse

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Supported PCMCIA USB
« on: August 05, 2010, 12:10:36 PM »
Is there a list of supported PCMCIA card that tiny core supports.  I am really new to this and am trying to buy a 4 port USB card.  Lots of options, but non specify that they support Linux.  Will any card work or do I need a specific one?

Offline curaga

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Re: Supported PCMCIA USB
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2010, 02:23:33 PM »
Most pcmcia-usb cards should just work.

What's supported is everything in vanilla 2.6.33.3 kernel; I guess this doesn't help much, but if google says it works out of the box in some other distro, it should work here too.
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Re: Supported PCMCIA USB
« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2010, 02:54:58 PM »
At least those with a NEC controller are known to be well supported and always worked for me.
But there is a bit of confusion with the naming scheme, they are cadbus really, rather than pure PCMCIA (32bit vs. 16bit), so make sure your slot supports 32bit cardbus cards.
BTW, I seen a few mention to support Linux, but none did mention DOS, while even that is not an impossibility.   ;)
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