Bug#90204: installation process unclear when network card not found
Whit <whit@transpect.com> writes:
> Using the vanilla installation, it didn't have my network card (3c905), so
> it didn't offer the network setup options on installation. Since the system
> is already running Red Hat, I compiled a fresh 2.2.19pre kernel and set a
> Debian lilo option. Booting into Debian with it I looked around with the
> question "Okay, what's the efficient Debian way to set up the network
> options?" If there's a clue I can't find it. (On Red Hat this is the one
> thing I usually use linuxconf for - after carefully disabling all its other
> buggy functions - glad to see that shoddy utility's not in your base
> install.)
>
> There should also be an obvious way to go back to a bypassed network setup
> once a proper kernel or module is in place. This should be mentioned in the
> installation manual, or at the least the manual should reference whatever
> the most convenient included utilities are that can be used in place of
> various stages of the 'straightforward' process when things go deviant.
This is described in detail in the install manual:
<URL:http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-init-config.en.html#s-configure-network>
I'll need more specific information about what in that section needs
to be improved. Please include literal text you would like to see
included.
If not, I will have to close the bug.
> Why not have an option to go ahead and set up the networking options on the
> first pass _even if the network card isn't recognized yet_?
That's the way it works, and that won't be changing. There's no
reasonable networking you can do without a device anyhow.
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.....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onshore.com.....<URL:http://www.onshored.com/>
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