On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 08:31:35 +0000, Jonathan Dowland wrote: >On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 10:45:09PM -0800, Mark Healey wrote: > >> I recieved many suggestions to remedy the problem, non of them easy. >> >> I've decided to try to recompile the latest kernel. I figure that it >> would be nice to have the latest kernel with support for only the >> hardware I have (or think I might add in the future) and none for what >> I won't ever have. But, this is hacker level stuff I've never done, >> so I'm going to need a whole-lotta help. > >What is currently on the machine you wish to convert to debian?
It's blank. I'd >advise against compiling a new kernel at this stage, but I don't know >which suggestions you have deemed hard. Here's the story. I installed with disk 1 and my onboard Broadcom 4401 nic isn't supported. I asked on this list for help and was told by numerous people that later kernels supported it and that I should get the latest and compile it. I thought that this was excessively geeky since I had managed to install support for this card as a module under Redhat. But I figured that I might learn something. Anyway this has been a huge pain in the ass since the machine has no networking and consequently no apt-get (which I've been led to believe is a package retreiver). After burning a bunch of CD's I finally got all the requirements installed and installed and compiled 2.4.22. I then made and make installed the module. Now I need to know what lines I have to add to what files to get the module working. >It all depends on the specifics involved but I would recommend somehow >getting a .o kernel module for your NIC into the debian install process. This is what I wanted to know in the first place. It isn't covered in the install manual. >This can be done by putting it on a hard drive and mounting it, a floppy >disk or another cd-rom. I was never asked during the install process if I had any modules on other media to add. >Obtaining the .o depends entirely on the drivers in question - you may >need some kernel-sources corresponding to the kernel version on the >debian cd (3.0 has the boot-floppies-2.4 kernel or something) and then >build the module with it, or the vendor might distribute x86 binaries >already. >Can you tell us more about the model of the NIC and the drivers that are >supplied? Broadcom 4401, it is only distributed as source or a Redhat RPM. Mark Healey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Giving debian a chance. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
