Desperation = SRAM / Linear Flash Cards

>From the first time I saw this project, I wanted to play with it. 
Unfortunately, all I ever was able to do was get frustrated.

About 8 months ago, I was able to pick up 3x USR2450 APs on sale for
$39.99 ea (they were retailing for $79.99).  I then scavenged ebay for
the SRAM card needed.  I bough 3 different cards.  See the pics here:
http://www.cdnworld.com/gallery/OpenAP

Before anybody makes a comment, I know that the SanDisk cards are not
supposed to work.  But hey..I was desperate.

As I uderstand, any of these 3 cards are supposed to work:
Poqet - PC Storage Card - 2MB SRAM
Viking - Linear Flash Card - 24MB
Smart Modular Technologies - 8MB Flash Card (SM9FA4088IP3ASD)

I run SuSE 9.1 now, but I have never been able to make the cards work. 
I have had Suse 8.2, 9.0, RH8.0, RH9.0, and Fedora1.  In between, I have
messed up my PCMCIA subsystem time and time again trying to download and
install it from source (pcmcia_cs).

Under SuSE 9.1 (stock kernel 2.6), it says that memory_cs cannot be
found.  It would seem that if I could download and install the pcmcia_cs
package, that I would be able to make it work.  However, pcmcia_cs bombs
during compilation.  Any hints...ideas?

I am tired of trying aimlessly.  If anybody can help me, I would very
much appreciate it.  A good link n a document that explains how to
update pcmcia_cs would be great.  Otherwise, look for a for-sale post
pretty soon.

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I look forward to hearing from you.

Peter Frischknecht
Empowering Solutions, Inc.
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