Laptop install Help Needed

["Chris Brown" <CBROWN@seitz.com>]

Hello,

I'm a newbie to Linux and want to install debian on my laptop as my 
primary (only) machine, its a compaq armada 1535 w/ 3com 3c575 
pcmcia ethernet.

I've got nfs/ftp access to a linux box on the local network which
has a copy of the hamm distribution and have made the rescue and
driver disks, partitioned the drive but haven't got much further. My
questions are;

1. I'm not using the "tecra" version disks, but have not had any 
lockups with the standard ones I'm using. Which is the right choice?

2. I can't get the machine to talk on the network. How do I do this?

I know there are a hundred right answers to this question, I'm
looking for the easiest/quickest ways.... How do I get 3c575
support? I'm not sure I'm up to compiling a kernel yet. Should I
consider other pcmcia cards that I have access to like NE200 or
3c589, or is pcmcia problematic and should I look for a pocket
adatper or something else?

3. Once I get the network working should I use NFS or FTP to access 
the packages? (are there important pro's and con's of each?)

TIA for any suggestions,

Chris



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