I've not gotten back to attempting to install from a USB stick, but thought I'd try and mount the stick from the second console just to make sure it's possible. None of the laptops I've seen recently have a floppy drive (thank goodness; I hate floppies) so the ability to easily access the USB stick is reasonably essential. Sooner or later, someone will need to do it.
Q: If I needed to build a network driver module for this kernel (perhaps Atheros, from the madwifi.sf.net project) how do I find out what kernel source was used, and what the configuration for it was? A: For the kernel config, I suggest that the config-$KVER.gz ought to be shipped on the installer media. It belongs next to the vmlinuz and initrd.gz files, along with some information about what kernel source version and any patches it was built from. Q: Secondly, how do I get that module set into the installer environment? Using sarge-netinst snapshot from 2005/05/25 ... I see no menu entry that gives a screen of build info... Perhaps one should be there? I booted with "linux26". "uname -a" tells me this is "Linux (none) 2.6.5- 1-386 #2 Fri Apr 30 20:13:30 EST 2004 i686 unknown". I jacked in the stick, and looked at "dmesg". It detected it, but did not create a device. I had to manually "modprobe sd_mod" to get that. Also, there was no mountpoint, so I did "mkdir /usbstick". Then I was able to simply type "mount -t vfat /dev/discs/disc1/part1 /usbstick". Now I wonder if it would have detected and mounted the stick for me had I had it jacked in on booting the installer environment? I am rebooting to find out ... And am smiling on those who made it so. It is there, and I can mount it no problem. Very cool. There is no menu entry for mounting that USB stick device... Perhaps it's mentioned in the Installation Manual? (checking...) It is not explained, thus only an expert installer will know how to do this... I suppose that only an expert will know how to build the required modules as well... -- Karl Hegbloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
