On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 08:09:40AM +0200, Tom Eugelink wrote: > I was running kernel 2.2 and I used dselect to download 2.4.18 (binary). > That came with drivers for pcmcia, but nothing else, especially not for > my networkcards, requiring the 3c59x driver.
You'll probably need to install the correct kernel module for your networking hardware. The Debian binary kernel-image packages make almost everything a module. Use the command "modconf", and look under kernel/drivers/net. There's a 3x59x driver there. Once you select it with modconf, it'll be loaded at boot, as modconf modifies your /etc/modules file. > I downloaded the 2.4.18 kernel sources and compiled a kernel, but no > driver is present (and I got a way too large kernel to boot). How did you configure the kernel? Did you compile everything into it? Did you use make-kpkg, which is Debian's way of building kernels? The easiest way to make your own kernel using Debian's tools is to use the following sequence: - install a kernel-source package - untar the kernel-source bzip that appears in /usr/src. - make a link to the dir that was created called linux (ln -s kernel-source-x.xx linux) - copy the config file from /boot/ that's the right version for your kernel to /usr/src/linux/.config: something like "cp /boot/config-2.4.22 /usr/src/linux/.config". - run make menuconfig or make xconfig to make your configuration changes - run "make-kpkg kernel-image --initrd". Once all of these things are done, you should find a kernel-image deb in your /usr/src directory. Cheers, Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
