I donm't think the necessary packages are on the cds and such (though I haven't checked). But I don't see why you don't just build up a tiny base system with the floppy-based kernel, get apt and your network working, and then compile a kernel "the debian way" as was suggested earlier. I think that ought to work. There are a couple of great guides to kernel-building on the web. Here are two of them:
http://myrddin.org/howto/debian-kernel-recompile.html http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-kernel.en.html the second is from the awesome Debian Reference Manual, whcih is fabulous. I've been rebuilding kernels too, and I'm really not very competent, but with the assistance of these folks I've been managing. hope this helps. good luck, matt On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 02:48:30AM +0100, Anand Buddhdev wrote: > On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 05:25:40PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Earlier, I had problems installing Debian on my system because of the > > > Realtek 8139 ethernet device on my desktop's motherboard. I got round > > > that problem by building my own boot floppy with a newer kernel on > > > it. > > > > Why not just get the sources and use kernel-package to make your own > > custom kernel package? > > And is this script/program available in the initial base system that is > installed from the network? I want to start with just the base debs, > upgrade my kernel so that my network works, and then install all the > other packages. > > -- > Anand Buddhdev > http://anand.org > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
