Re[8]: Linux Help

[Ray Olszewski <ray@comarre.com>]

At 12:08 PM 7/20/2004 -0500, James Miller wrote:
>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? :)

About as much as I expect from an old timer with a failing memory. (That's 
why I said I wasn't certsin when I posted it ... being lazy, these days I 
*always* put a tulip-based NIC in any system I am setting up, then switch 
to its "real" NIC after I have the kernel I actually want to use on the 
system installed.)



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