Hi Nano Nano, to supply a floppy during setup is no problem. There in the Debian 3 installer is an option "Preload modules from disk". And that is all I ask for, the modules (binary device drivers for Promise FastTrak 376), so that I can put it on disk, that the Installer detects my Promise FastTrak 376 controller.
Danny "Nano Nano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 10:26:52PM +0100, Danny wrote: > > Hi Nano Nano, > > > > thank you for your posting, but I'm an absolute Linux beginner. I have > > installed only Windows, so I can't compile a new kernel, as I have no Linux > > avaiable. > > > > All I need is for the installation some binary driver that the Debian 3 R2 > > installer detects my FastTrak 376. > > > > well, if you figure out how to just supply a floppy during setup, post > it here and let me know. There is an option to add a floppy driver > disk, in theory you could do it. I never could figure that out, until I > read the instructions I gave you there. > > I'm not sure if 2.4.18 supported promise but it just wasn't selected in > the .config. anybody know? > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]