Re: Intel Pro Gigabit Ethernet drivers in Woody

[Jan Kokoska <kokoska.jan@globe.cz>]

On Thu, 2004-01-22 at 17:52, Vassilis Rizopoulos wrote:
> Jan Kokoska wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 2004-01-22 at 17:12, Vassilis Rizopoulos wrote:
> > 
> >>I've got a brand new Dell Optiplex GX270 to use a source control server.
> >>The thing has a built in Ethernet card by Intel, a PROSet II Gigabit.
> >>I'd like to install Woody on it but it won't detect the card and I can't 
> >>find anything that would much on the kernel modules list.
> >>Can anyone help?
> >>Thanks,
> >>V.-
> > 
> > 
> > You need e1000 driver, compile yourself a new kernel with this built-in.
> > Debian woody has old 2.4.18 kernel which has several vulnerabilities,
> > debian folks patched it I believe, but there's no harm in using Linus'
> > vanilla kernel from kernel.org in Woody, breaks nothing, latest version
> > is 2.4.24. 
> Cheers for the info - seems I can't avoid kernel compilation whatever I 
> do :) Oh well.
> V.-

Avoid kernel compilation? Why would you want that? ;) IMHO one of the
most cool things to do to learn about Linux, right after trying to code
your own modules/patches ;D

-- 
Jan Kokoska