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Hi, I am going to install Debian from a CD using my ATAPI/IDE CD-ROM. I am switching from Red Hat. In the ``Configure Device Driver Modules'' section of the installation instructions, there is the following: "You don't have to configure all your devices at this point; what is crucial is that any device configuration required for the installation of the base system is done here...This includes ethernet drivers" Thus, I will configure support/modules for my Ethernet card. ( I will use the eth interface soon after installation to get other packages from Internet servers using apt-get) I do not need a module for my CD-ROM per se. Do I need to stipulate module support for the iso9660 file system during this step? What other modules _will_ I need to configure at this point? I know I can configure others after installation using "modconf." Using Red Hat, module support for many devices, file systems etc. is configured by default in the stock kernel that comes with a particular version. I can determine this by perusing a "defconfig" file in the sources directory.These modules are loaded as necessary by the kerneld daemon. How do I determine this for Debian ? For example,will I have to subsequently configure module support for dos/fat/vfat to read my Windows partition? I hope my questions make sense. I am confused about this aspect of the installation process vs that for Red Hat. Thanks, Howard Mann. Geocrawler.com - The Knowledge Archive
