Re: netinst install-time compilation of network drier
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On 11/24/2012 7:52 AM, Keith Moyer wrote:
> There are a few aspects of my installations that add complications
> (I'll mention the others at the end), but this email is primarily
> to focus on the fact that neither my Ethernet nor wireless
> networking cards are supported natively by the (beta4) netinst
> image. The DebianInstaller wiki FAQ [1] contains an entry on
> building a needed network drivers for debian-installer, but
> mentions that instructions aren't available because you're waiting
> for someone to try/document it. I'd be willing to do this, if you
> think my situation is a good candidate.
>
> I have Atheros AR8161 gigabit Ethernet and Realtek 8723 b/g/n
> wireless networking [2]. The Ethernet card appears to be supported
> by the alx driver [3], but is not included in the kernel yet.
> Apparently, a compat-wireless tarball is available that can be
> compiled to provide support. I have other Wheezy installations
> available, but neither is amd64 so cross-compiling would be
> necessary if not done on the target. Does this sound like a good
> candidate to try install-time compilation? If so, can you provide
> guidance on how to do so?
I've been able to get around my issue by installing Wheezy in an amd64
VirtualBox VM on the target laptop (in Windows), compiling the alx
driver, running the debian-installer on the target and waiting for it
to fail (due to no network), dropping to a shell, calling insmod on
the driver .ko files, and resuming the installation at network
detection. The network was then functional. I cancelled the
installation at disk partitioning for the reason I'll explain below.
This will work for me, but I'd still be willing to do it the "right"
way (install-time compilation) and document the process (as the wiki
indicated was needed) if guidance is provided.
Now, my primary issue that I'll be trying to overcome is that the
debian-installer has gibberish graphics when booting via UEFI. I'd
really like to run the installer in UEFI so that I won't have to
correct the installation after the fact. If I don't receive help on
that in the next couple days (and I don't figure it out on my own),
I'll start a new thread (since it's not really related to my original
request).
- - Keith
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