Re: Replicating Debian Systems

["shrevie@ntnation.com" <shrevie@ntnation.com>]

ummmm.... floppy disk? None of these servers have floppy disk drives, 
and I can't really recall seeing a server or workstation (or notebook 
for that matter) that had a floppy disk drive in it over the last year 
or two or three....

That's what confused me too.... I've seen references to "copy the driver 
or mod to a floppy disk" or "load it from floppy" but that doesn't seem 
really practical.

Would it work if I put the file on a cd? Has anyone tried loading an 
optional drive or module from cd?

Ralph Crongeyer wrote:
> Yes there is a "driver disk", If you add your driver to the disk then during 
> the install (someware) it asks you if you want/need to load 3rd party 
> drivers? At that point insert the driver disk and  answer yes, then it should 
> ask you for the source of the driver and you would select your floppy drive. 
> Then it will give you a list of drivers on the disk and you select the one 
> you want.
>
> Ralph 
>
> > Thanks Ralph! I'm downloading the Beta 4 CDs right now :)
> >
> > Can you (or anyone else) perhaps also give me a pointer to how I would
> > add drivers or kernel mods that weren't included in the distribution
> > during the installation process?
> >
> > I'd like to know in case I need to do it in the future (and just for my
> > own edification :) ).
> >
> > Moe
> >
> > Ralph Crongeyer wrote:
> >
> > > Yup beta 4 does have the e1000 drivers on it. I installed this box with
> > > beta 3 and it had them also. But 4 also has them.
> > >
> > > Ralph
> > >
> > >
> > > > After trying to get Debian deployed in a client project for over a year,
> > > >  I've been successfuly in having it approved for use on a 6-server
> > > > project that we're doing.
> > > >
> > > > But, I've got a problem that I'd like some direction with.
> > > >
> > > > My experience with Debian has basically been that I've had no problem
> > > > getting the actual distribution up and running -- I simply install from
> > > > the Sarge ISOs on CD, and then customize what I want or upgrade to Sid
> > > > in some cases.
> > > >
> > > > But in my first attempt at installing on these boxes, using my Beta 2
> > > > Installer, I got an error message that it didn't have drivers for the
> > > > E1000 gigabit nics on these servers. (I've never used a gigabit nics
> > > > before with Debian, only with FC and RH).
> > > >
> > > > Here's my question:
> > > >
> > > > a) does Beta 4 have the e1000 drivers?
> > > >
> > > > b) If not, how do I load the e1000 drivers during the install? Or for
> > > > that matter, how do I load ANY drivers during install that aren't part
> > > > of the Sarge or Sid distributions?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for any advice!
> > > >
> > > > Moe