Hi, I'v been using Debian for a while, and I'm trying to help a friend install, and we want to install over the network. We made the rescue, root, and drivers1 floppies and everything has gone smoothly up until the configuration of the network. The machine (HP with a Pentium I, 64MB RAM, 3 partitions, windows(~900MB), linux native(~1000MB), and swap(128MB)) is on a university LAN and under windows and previous linux installations manually configuring the network has worked fine for the same machine. However, after configuring the network we get a message saying the network is configured but not activated, and when attemptig to install the base system over network we are told we have to configure the network first. The rtl8139 module included with the stable (4/8/01) floppy images is marked as having sucessfully installed, which we are almost 100% certain is the correct driver for this network card because of previous problems.
Is there some key step we are missing, or is this just some fluke of the network or the card itself? Thanks greatly, -Dan
