hiya, On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 06:13:52PM -0500, John Fisher wrote: > Good afternoon. I am having a problem installing Debian (my first install of any > Linux, actually) and was hoping someone might be able to render assistance.
congrats, and good luck, hope you enjoy the ride :)
> Due to lack of funds and lack of access to CD-burner, I was hoping to use the
> Floppies / net install option to install to my new comp ( Intel D845GBV moterboard
> with onboard LAN ).
do you know what chipset it is? i would guess that it's an ether express
card of some kind because the mobo is intel, so try ctrl-alt-d2 to get a
root prompt during install, and running
modprobe eepro100
then
ifconfig eth0
if eth0 shows up, you should be good. if not, you might need to try
other modules. they should be located in
/lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net/
> Seems to be working up until the installation of base system, where there is no
> 'Network' option. No prob, I figure, so I go to configure modules and find whatever
> one I'll need so it can use my onboard ethernet info.
>
> But nothing there seems to be right, and when I guess, they all seem to fail.
>
> Any thoughts? Please?
also, you said that this is your first install of linux. i'd really recommend
taking the time to download and burn yourself a knoppix cd (also based off
of debian). it's sort of like a sneak peak at how sweet your system can be
once you've got it up and running, and you can use it to more robustly
determine what devices etc. you have installed on your system (lspci is
really helpful for this).
hth
sean
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