Network card driver
Hello!
I'd like to install Debian with a netinst CD. I have an ASUS P5GD1 PRO motherboard with an integrated Marvell Yukon 88E8053 Gigabit Ethernet Controller. I have found Linux drivers on the company's page and tried them on an other Linux distribution (based on Debian - UHU linux). The package has an installer and it updates the sk98lin kernel module so that the network card can work (it doesn't work with the original one) or it can make a kernel patch and it can be compiled into the kernel. Anyway it needs the kernel sources.
The driver can be found at: http://www.marvell.com/drivers/driverDisplay.do?dId=107&pId=10.
I tried to download some binary CD-s but the installer deleted the whole partition table on my 120GB winchester because there was only "automatic partitioning"! I thought that it would show a menu or something but no! I spent 7 hours restoring the old partition table, backing up data and reinstalling windows... but last year there WAS a nice partitioner in the debian-installer.
So the questions are:
-is it possible to install it with the debian installer?
-or is it possible to install a basic system with a gcc and kernel sources etc., install the driver and then download more packages?
-or even to integrate it into the kernel from now on officially?
Thanks for the help in advance.
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Gergely Gombos
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