Re: New Debian user

[Don Montgomery <donm@methodbydesign.com>]

Jim,

I am a little confused---you tried to install a module so 
that you would have net access?  Therefore, you do have a 
physical connection available?

If so, you can probably burn and use a net-install CD and 
let debian-installer find and configure your net access on 
its own, it is very good at that, perhaps prompting you 
for some information during the install.

If you do not have a physical connection, you can burn a 
stand-alone CD install.

Don

On Sun, 15 Jul 2007, jim-bean@att.net wrote:

> Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 16:30:53 +0000
> From: jim-bean@att.net
> To: debian-amd64@lists.debian.org
> Subject: New Debian user
> Resent-Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 16:32:25 +0000 (UTC)
> Resent-From: debian-amd64@lists.debian.org
>
> Listers,
> I am a Fedora user trying to do my first Debian install (downloaded to CD). It installs OK but the installer REALLY wants to access the net. In order for that to happen I have to install ndiswrapper. In order for that to happen I need the kernel headers which I -think- are not installed. The installer doesn't ask if Kernel stuff is to be installed so I assume I have to get them from the net. I tried copying over the ndiswrapper module from Fedora but insmod knows that its from the wrong kernel.
> The installer assumes there is a working net connection during install, not true in my case.
> Basically I need the net to give myself access to the net.
> How can I break out of this chicken/egg situation?
> regards Jim Bean

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