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on Sat, Jan 27, 2001 at 10:36:17AM -0000, Henry Gomersall (h.gomersall@blueyonder.co.uk) wrote:
> I have a D-Link DFE-520TX ethernet card connecting me, via a cable
> modem to the internet. I wish to install debian over the internet.
Wish to or need to? I'd focus on what gets the job done rather than
insisting on a specific mode of operation.
First, are you sure you can't get support for the card? It doesn't seem
to turn up often in websearches, but the one and only Google hit
suggests a couple of drivers:
http://www.westernlug.org/pipermail/wlug/2000-October/000377.html
...either the tulip or the via-rhine drivers might work.
If you have another local system which you can access, you might try
D/L'ing .debs you're interested in and porting these over locally --
since you can't get networking up, floppies and/or CDR are probably
in order.
If you've got a modem, it's quite possible to do a Debian install over
dialup, though it takes a bit longer. Base system is a matter of an
hour or so, possibly less. Additional packages overnight max. If
you stage things right, you'll download your build support over modem,
then get the rest of the system over your cable link.
> I have installed the base system fine, and it all works (i assume) as
> it should. However, This particular card cannot be selected from the
> list of NICs during installation (of the base system from the rescue
> disk). This then means I cannot access the debian FTP site to
> download any more of debian.
> I have checked on the supported hardware list and this particular card
> is supported. There is a link however to a C file requiring me to
> recompile the kernel to enable support for this card
> (ftp.dlinknet.com/PUB/Drivers/linux.zip). Unfortunately the base
> system doesn't have such added bonuses as the kernel source or Make.
> Do you have any ideas or suggestions about installing debian via an
> FTP site. Many thanks
If you have another system up and running, you can d/l and install
kernel sources and build on it then port the kernel (or module(s)) to
your new box.
> Henry Gomersall
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