On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:09:30 +0100 Bruno Costacurta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello, > > I have a Marvell Ethernet card (on motherboard) model 88E8053. > It is not recognized by Etch (however the CD I tried to install from > is rather old +- 1 year). > (note: under Fedora 6 it is recognized and works fine with driver > sky2) > > What is the current situation / support about Marvell 88E8053 under > Etch ? > As my Etch CD is rather old do I need to burn a new one ? > If so where can I check which hardware is supported in .iso Etch to > avoid unecessary download ? > Do I need to make some 'home-computing' like download driver and/or > source (via a supported Ethernet card) card to build my own > module..etc.. ? > > Thanks for any clue and information. > > Bye, > Bruno since it is a kernel module, if it is present in a kernel version in one distro it is present in another, i.e. , Debian. You may have to manually insert the correct module if the install system fails to pick it up. 'modprobe <module name>' at a second vt. Use a daily-build net-install disk to get an uptodate install disk. -- Greg Madden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
