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hi, when im running knoppix , my pcmcia wireless card will not work. Can I take out the knoppix cd to install the drivers or will that mess up stuff ...
  1. 02-26-2006 #1
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    Question completley new to linux , cd question

    hi, when im running knoppix , my pcmcia wireless card will not work.
    Can I take out the knoppix cd to install the drivers or will that mess up stuff on my hd?


    help appreciated!
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    If you'll use Knoppix's "toram" cheat code, you can load the entire CD to ram thereby freeing up the CD drive. You need to have enough ram to do it, though. I think it takes around 640MB, or more:

    Code:
    knoppix toram
    Hope this helps...

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