From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: James Miller Subject: Re[8]: Linux Help Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 12:08:59 -0500 (CDT) Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: References: <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: <20040720230038.16D4.SAVAGE-GARDEN@hanikamail.com> List-Id: Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org 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 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