On Tue, Apr 10, 2001, Adam Bender wrote: > OK, I just installed the base Debian system, and now I need a way to > install packages. My big problem is that there is no driver module for my > ethernet card in the kernel. Therefore, I can't use a network to get > packages. I have a driver for the card, but the only thing I can do is put > it on a DOS partition. So, I need a way to get this driver (and packages) > onto the Debian partition. Can I: > Somehow mount the DOS partition and read files from there? > Format a disk so Linux will read it, and copy the files from DOS to there? > > Thanks much, > > Adam
Adam, Hi. I responded to your message above about the 3c905c. You seem to be taking my word that you can't get the driver for this card. Have you (independently) verified this? I just want to make sure you don't needlessly make your life more difficult in case I turn out to be wrong or things have changed since last I looked. If it turns out to be true that the 3c905c won't work easily, I'm a little confused by your next question. You say you have a driver on the DOS partition so you want to get it on the ext2fs (linux) partition. You can, with 'mount -t vfat /dev/<your DOS partition: hda1, etc> /mnt/dos' (see 'man mount' for more info). Bu what will this do you??? The way you've phrased your question, it seems, (IMHO), that the driver you refer to on the DOS partition is in fact a DOS driver; this will do you know good under linux. If you've found a linux driver from 3com's web site (as I mentioned in the last email), you'll probably have to patch the kernel (the way I remember them setting it up). Are you certain it wouldn't be easier to just go down to the CMU campus computer store and buy a cheapo Linksys PCI 100Mbs card for $12 or so (this 'tulip' driver works beautifully on Debian potato)... If this is your first intro to Debian, it'll probably make things much smoother and save yourself a lot of headaches. After you're more accustomed, you can look into Debian's 'kernel-package', patch a kernel, and go back and make your 3c905c work (then you'll even have two NIC's so you can run an IPMASQ box). Let me know what you think... Hope the above helps and take care, Daniel PS By the way, you can do your install off of the CD-ROM's (see cdimage.debian.org), so you don't need network connectivity to fully install Debian. See apt-setup, apt-get, apt-cdrom, etc. > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.andrew.cmu.edu/~abender > Computer scientists have kernel knowledge. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Daniel A. Freedman Laboratory for Atomic and Solid State Physics Department of Physics Cornell University
