Many of you have read my saga of trying to install Debian and witnessed my frustration.
The main problem is that my onboard nic isn't supported by the kernel on the CD and there is no module for it installed either. This left me with no networking so I couldn't use any of the clever debian install utilites. I recieved many suggestions to remedy the problem, non of them easy. I've decided to try to recompile the latest kernel. I figure that it would be nice to have the latest kernel with support for only the hardware I have (or think I might add in the future) and none for what I won't ever have. But, this is hacker level stuff I've never done, so I'm going to need a whole-lotta help. Any downloads required are going to have to be done on my OS/2 machine and burned to a CD. One of my main concerns is that I don't want to have to go through a whole stack of CD becuasue I didn't get everything I need and have to go back. I currently have the default "vanilla" installation in the machine I plan to put Debian on (It's eventual home will be inside a Mame cab). I need to know which tools I need. Here is what I know I will need and know that I have make gcc the .tar.gz of my nic drivers. I need to know what is part of the kernel source package? IDE hard drive support? Floppy support (even thought I don't have one installed I might in the future)? USB? Mouse, Serial and Paralell ports? I'm also wondering if I will be able to boot into the old kernel if teh new one doesn't work? These are all my preliminary questions. I'm sure the answers will result in more questions so please be patient. Mark Healey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Giving debian a chance. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
