Hi- I'm attempting to install debian for the first time (i'm a long time redhat user who recently got fucked over with some crackers and wants to try a real distro) and I was having a bunch of questions. I've searched the faqs and online docs but to no avail, any assistance you could offer me would be much appreciated.
I'm trying to install debian over the network (as I have a fast connection here at school), but I'm having problems because the system isn't loading the device driver for my ethernet card (3com 3c590) and I don't know the correct way to do so. I assume that i need to use the drivers disks to insert the correct modules for my ethernet card, but I couldn't find any info in the installation how-to as to how to do this (it simply skimmed over it). Can anyone point me to some more specific info on doing an NFS install of the base debian system? Also, I would like to install the latest release possible (potato, i can deal with the fact that its "frozen" and not "stable), so i was using the potato instllation disks that i found on ftp.debian.org... is this the best way to get the most recent software (or would i be better off intalling slink and then upgrading to potato?)? I'm not subscribed to the list, so if you could cc my reply to my email address, [EMAIL PROTECTED], it would be much appreciated.... Thanks alot. -Josh Jacobs ---------- Josh Jacobs [EMAIL PROTECTED]
