On Tue, 20 Jul 2004, Kev wrote: > >If memory serves (I'm not certain, though), the stock Debian install kernel > >does NOT contain support for NICs that use the rtl8139 driver (or the newer > >8139too driver). If that's the "comm one" you are referring to, you will > >need to add a module for it to do an online install. > > LAN cards are both, Realtek RTL8139
I know I'm being timorous for questioning your memory here Ray, but I'm almost sure when I did my Debian install here (starting from floppies) on my machine that has an onboard rtl8139 NIC, I did get network support without loading of additional modules. If I'm wrong - well, what do you expect from a newbie? :) James - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
