debian installation questions

[Joshua Jacobs <josh@MIT.EDU>]

Hi-

I'm attempting to install debian for the first time (i'm a long time redhat 
user who recently got fucked over with some crackers and wants to try a real 
distro) and I was having a bunch of questions.  I've searched the faqs and 
online docs but to no avail, any assistance you could offer me would be much 
appreciated.

I'm trying to install debian over the network (as I have a fast connection 
here at school), but I'm having problems because the system isn't loading the 
device driver for my ethernet card (3com 3c590) and I don't know the correct 
way to do so.  I assume that i need to use the drivers disks to insert the 
correct modules for my ethernet card, but I couldn't find any info in the 
installation how-to as to how to do this (it simply skimmed over it).  Can 
anyone point me to some more specific info on doing an NFS install of the base 
debian system?

Also, I would like to install the latest release possible (potato, i can deal 
with the fact that its "frozen" and not "stable), so i was using the potato 
instllation disks that i found on ftp.debian.org... is this the best way to 
get the most recent software (or would i be better off intalling slink and 
then upgrading to potato?)?

I'm not subscribed to the list, so if you could cc my reply to my email 
address, josh@mit.edu, it would be much appreciated....

Thanks alot.

-Josh Jacobs

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Josh Jacobs
Josh@mit.edu