From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ray Olszewski Subject: Re[8]: Linux Help Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 10:28:31 -0700 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.1.20040720102550.01f36bf8@celine> References: <20040720230038.16D4.SAVAGE-GARDEN@hanikamail.com> <20040720222206.16C0.SAVAGE-GARDEN@hanikamail.com> <5.1.0.14.1.20040720094640.01fc1668@celine> <20040720230038.16D4.SAVAGE-GARDEN@hanikamail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: In-Reply-To: References: <20040720230038.16D4.SAVAGE-GARDEN@hanikamail.com> <20040720222206.16C0.SAVAGE-GARDEN@hanikamail.com> <5.1.0.14.1.20040720094640.01fc1668@celine> <20040720230038.16D4.SAVAGE-GARDEN@hanikamail.com> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org 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.) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs