On Thu, 2002-10-10 at 02:11, François Martin wrote: > Hi, > > > > As a Debian fan I naturally chose this distribution when I had to install a Linux >box under VMWARE. > > This works fine of course (I've done it often), but what's a little bit annoying is >that the network device simulated by VMWARE is an AMD PCNET PCI card, witch happened >to have disappeared from the driver list in the bf2.4 distribution. So my only >install method is to start with a 2.2 kernel for the base installation, and then >upgrade to the bf2.4 kernel... just because of that little driver... > > > > So my question is: would it please be possible to add the AMD PCNET PCI driver to >the standard 2.4 kernel install packages? That would just be so convenient for the >VMWARE installs... > > > > > > Truley yours, > > > > François MARTIN > > Expertis Lab > > http://www.expertis-lab.com > > > > >
The 2.4.18bf has it compiled into the kernel, it should 'just' work. I just loaded Woody into a Vm guest, I skipped the select network driver part go directly to configure network. CONFIG_PCNET32=Y -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
