David Whedon wrote:
I didn't know myself which modules are built into the kernel, this is how I figured out:# wget # http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/main/disks-i386/current/images-1.44/compact/rescue.bin # mount rescue.bin /floppy/ -o loop# zgrep NE2 /floppy/config.gz CONFIG_NE2000=mCONFIG_NE2K_PCI=y # So NE2000 is a module, NE2K_PCI is compiled in, I assume you have NE2000 or you would have seen your card detected at boot.
Yep, it's an ISA ne2k card.
But when I get to the 'install packages' part of the install, it offers only floppy (I'd rather not), CD (the system doesn't have a CD player) or pre-mounted (not available, but I could try) installation. When I try 'configure device modules' instead, and try to insert the driver-1 floppy, it says it can't mount the floppy. Am I misunderstanding how to use the floppy?Probably a bad floppy I'd suggest the hard disk option. Floppy reliability is one of the most common problems.
The hard disk option requires to get the data to the hard disk first :) I tried several (freshly purchased) floppies, to no avail. But I managed to dig up an old atapi CD drive, and Debian is installing as we speak.
Thanks for the effort, I really appreciate it. Emile