Re: need help with installing potato(on line)

Forget about the sound card until you get your ne2000 working. I had a similar problem with a wd80x3 card. Used a different rescue floppy to solve it. At least for the latest pre-release boot floppies, available from http://www.debian.org/~joeyh/bf/ there are several versions. Try -ide or -idepc

need help with installing potato(on line)

System: I have a 200mmx pentium dell network card: NE2000 compatible all the installation seems to go well except for thenetwork d and sound card. What I did/do? I downloaded all files form /debian/dists/potato/main/disks-i386 then copied the inside folder current to my harddisk Then I did boot