Re: nForce 2 and Woody: How can I achieve a network install and what functionality is available without the nVidia drivers?

[Roberto Sanchez <rcsanchez97@yahoo.es>]

Scarletdown wrote:
> Joseph Jones wrote:
>
> > I am very much a newbie, I'm at about the level where I'm starting to 
> > mess with backports and can compile my own kernel as per the 
> > instructions in the newbiedoc (just).
> >
> > How can I do a network install of Woody on an nForce 2 motherboard? 
> > I'm guessing I would need to compile a kernel with the forcedeth 
> > patch. How do I do this, if possible, with the 2.4.20 kernel (which is 
> > what I generally use)? If not possible with the 2.4.20, could I have 
> > instructions for whichever kernel version it is possible with?
>
>
> I simply installed using the Knoppix CD (knx-install or something like 
> that), and that gave me network connectivity just fine.  Once I was up 
> and running that way, I was able to install the nForce drivers as per 
> the instructions on nVidia's site.

Then you did nat have an nForce ethernet card.  The nForce ethernet card
requires a binary driver from nVidia, or the forcedeth driver (only
developed in the last few weeks).

-Roberto

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