On Sunday 02 April 2006 14:29, Jean-Didier Garaud wrote: > Can you explain me howto add this driver to the installer ? There is a bit of a chicken-and-egg problem here: to compile the driver so you can use it in the installer you will need access to a system that already has Debian installed for the correct architecture. Here is a rough overview: - find out which kernel is used in the version of the installer you want to use; for this, boot the installer, switch to VT2 and enter 'uname -a' Example: # uname -a Linux (none) 2.6.15-1-486 [...] - on the system already running Debian, install the kernel source and the kernel image corresponding to the version found by 'uname -a': # aptitude install linux-2.6 linux-image-2.6.15-1-486 - extract the kernel source: $ cd /usr/src $ tar xjf linux-source-2.6.15.tar.bz2 - copy the configuration file from the kernel used by the installer $ cd linux-source-2.6.15 $ cp /boot/config-2.6.15-1-486 .config - do whatever is needed to build the kernel and your driver; this is documented in other places, like the Debian kernel handbook To use the module in the installer there are several options: - put the module on a floppy or usb-stick and just copy it into the right place before the network configuration stage - add the module to the initrd and remaster the CD - create a custom udeb containing the module and make sure that gets loaded
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