Also, not sure which install you are using, but I found this, just in case you run into some trouble with the "Installing Foreign Modules."
Link: http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2002/debian-boot-200212/msg00826.html ************************ Hello, I tried to install the network module e1000.o with the function "Install foreign Modules". This procedure works well with kernel 2.2.20 but does not work with 2.4.18-bf2.4. The installation program wants to copy the module e1000.o from the floppy directory /lib/modules/net to the directory /target/lib/modules/2.4.18-bf2.4/net. This target directory does not exist, because the network drivers of the kernel 2.4.18-bf2.4 are located in /target/lib/modules/2.4.18-bf2.4/kernel/drivers/net (in difference to kernel 2.2.20). So the installation program creates a ***file*** named "net" in /target/lib/modules/2.4.28-bf2.4/. If I created the /target/lib/modules/2.4.18-bf2.4/net directory before applying the "Install foreign Modules" function, the e1000.o module was copied into this directory correctly, but the following modconf function couldn't find it for configuration of cause. So I had to copy the module into the /target/.../kernel/drivers/net directory manually. After this the modconf program can find the new driver module. Best regard, Christian ********************** Good luck. -Donnie http://www.darthik.com On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 16:24, donnie wrote: > Here is an example I found on google of a floppy diskette installation > for debian. Follow the rules for "Install Foreign Modules." That > should get ya going for the tulip module. > > Link: http://pigtail.net/nicholas/linux/debian.html > > Floppy installation: > at the stage "Install Kernel and Drivers Modules", select /dev/fd0, > you will be asked to insert the driver-1 diskette. > You will be asked "Configure Device Driver Module", at this stage, > choose "Alternate1 Install Foreign Modules", insert the "Intel gige > driver diskette" and answer No to "skip". > Then, choose "Configure Device Driver Modules" > choose "net" and select the "e1000" driver. > > > -Donnie Jones > http://www.darthik.com > > On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 11:20, Tom wrote: > > Hi list, > > > > i am trying to install debian on a dell inspiron 5000e, using netinst > > cd image. > > > > however the pcmcia xircom card won't work. Silly problem: i just don't > > know how to add the tulip module. i have it on disk, but can't tell > > the installer to look there. > > > > any help is appreciated. > > > > best regards, > > Tom > >
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