nForce 2 and Woody: How can I achieve a network install and what functionality is available without the nVidia drivers?

[Joseph Jones]

I am very much a newbie, I'm at about the level where I'm starting to 
mess with backports and can compile my own kernel as per the 
instructions in the newbiedoc (just).

I've had an nForce 2 mobo for a couple of months new and simply haven't 
gotten around to installing it, since it seemed like such a hassle. I'm 
re-installing Woody soon as well (I broke something in the current 
install) and figured I'd do both tasks at the same time.

How can I do a network install of Woody on an nForce 2 motherboard? I'm 
guessing I would need to compile a kernel with the forcedeth patch. How 
do I do this, if possible, with the 2.4.20 kernel (which is what I 
generally use)? If not possible with the 2.4.20, could I have 
instructions for whichever kernel version it is possible with?

Also, once I've got Debian installed, what functionality can I achieve 
without installing the god-forsaken drivers from nVidia? Obviously, with 
forcedeth in the kernel I can get network access, but what about sound 
and USB? I've read in the list about some guy using snd_intel8x0 (alsa 
driver), can this be used with esound and OSS?

Many thanks in advance

Joe

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