On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:44:18 -0500 Chris Lew <learning.deb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> hello everyone, i am trying to install debian 5.0 lenny i386 via netinst on > to a gateway p7811fx laptop using the graphical installer, but cannot figure > out where to find the proper driver for the network card (i have tried all > of the ones listed in the graphical installer, they don't work). This is > about how much info i can find in searching for what type of nic is in the > laptop: "802.11n wireless lan, integrated 10/100/1000 ethernet adapter, > modem" what i do know is that it uses marvell drivers, orat least that is > what is posted in the drivers/supports section for networking on the gateway > site. i do not need a driver that supports wireless, but it would be nice to > have one driver that would support the wireless networking capability of the > card as well as regular cat5 lan (which is what i primarily use). if anyone > knows where to locate the proper driver, or at least point me in the right > direction i could then download it on my thumb drive and load it in the > installer. Boot the netinst image, get a shell and report the dmesg / lspci information for the card. Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
