Re: debian installation
Mark Wagnon wrote:
>
> On Tue 08/31/99 04:21PM, zdrysdal@diagnostic.co.nz wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > i have just installed slink from scratch but unfortunately i chose the
> > wrong network card in the installation process... I now know the correct
> > card so my question is... how do i go about setting it up?
> >
> > is it via ifconfig??
>
> ifconfig is used to set up interfaces, but you need to make sure the
> correct module for your NIC is installed beforehand.
>
> I've never done this, so it may not work. If you still have the
> default kernel, then maybe you can run modconf, and install the
> correct module for your NIC.
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That brings up an interesting question, doesn't it? How does one know
what hardware support is compiled into the default kernel? No
/usr/src/linux/.config to look at.
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