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TheBarron
12-19-2002, 02:39 PM
Why it hasn't occurred to me to ask this until today, I'm not real sure...

How is Star-OS support on/for notebooks? I have a Toshiba notebook handy that I was gonna try tossing StarOS onto using a Sapphire card, and then I wondered if StarOS had proper support for the Toshiba PCMCIA interface built-in or not....
tony
12-19-2002, 02:44 PM
Why it hasn't occurred to me to ask this until today, I'm not real sure...

How is Star-OS support on/for notebooks? I have a Toshiba notebook handy that I was gonna try tossing StarOS onto using a Sapphire card, and then I wondered if StarOS had proper support for the Toshiba PCMCIA interface built-in or not....

We have never tried it, though it *should* work just fine. Keep in mind we do not support pcmcia NIC cards.

What pcmcia chipset does this notebook have?
TheBarron
12-19-2002, 03:36 PM
Welp.. It's a Toshiba Satellite 2590CDT. You have a suggestion on how to find out the pcmcia chipset? :)

Currently RedHat 7.3 is on it.
tony
12-19-2002, 04:00 PM
According to a quick google search, there should be no problems with the pcmcia support.

Thanks
TheBarron
12-19-2002, 04:10 PM
Thank you :)
dkii
12-19-2002, 04:54 PM
I have an IBM thinkpad t20, and it did not work.
tony
12-19-2002, 04:58 PM
I have an IBM thinkpad t20, and it did not work.

Which version / edition of StarOS did you install, and what was the last thing you saw on the screen when it booted?
dkii
12-19-2002, 09:26 PM
i think it was 1.06.7, it booted just fine, and detected 2 pcmcia slots, but wouldn't see anything inserted into them. It also didn't have a built in ethernet card, that may have had something to do with it.
bobbyc
12-20-2002, 10:47 AM
doesn't the newest version bind the license key to the mac of a prism card instead of a ethernet card?
Bob C
tony
12-20-2002, 10:55 AM
doesn't the newest version bind the license key to the mac of a prism card instead of a ethernet card?
Bob C

It does, but only to PCI/MiniPCI Prism 2.5, or PLX cards. Not to PCMCIA
georgew
12-20-2002, 12:43 PM
I guess it is a good thing I didn't buy that truckload of laptops back when I was trying to figure out which hardware to build my AP's with.

For a while I was thinking that old laptops were a perfect platform, built-in "UPS" and peripherals, dual pcmcia slots... seemed like a good plan at the time.


George
tony
12-20-2002, 12:50 PM
I guess it is a good thing I didn't buy that truckload of laptops back when I was trying to figure out which hardware to build my AP's with.

For a while I was thinking that old laptops were a perfect platform, built-in "UPS" and peripherals, dual pcmcia slots... seemed like a good plan at the time.


George

They should work well if they have a built-in ethernet card (most come with an Intel PRO/100 or similar).

Thanks!