Re: Need a way to install driver / packages
Daniel Freedman wrote:
On Tue, Apr 10, 2001, Adam Bender wrote:
OK, I just installed the base Debian system, and now I need a way to
install packages. My big problem is that there is no driver module for my
ethernet card in the kernel. Therefore, I can't use a network to get
packages. I have a driver for the card, but the only thing I can do is put
it on a DOS partition. So, I need a way to get this driver (and packages)
onto the Debian partition. Can I:
Somehow mount the DOS partition and read files from there?
Format a disk so Linux will read it, and copy the files from DOS to there?
Thanks much,
Adam
If the DOS partition is on the same machine as the Debian/GNU system,
you can access it (probably) via the following:
mount /dev/hda1 /home/adam/tmp
This assumes the DOS partition is on the first partition of the first
IDE drive on the first IDE port, and that you've created a directory
named tmp in your home directory named 'adam'. You may have to do this
as root. You might also need to specify the format of the DOS drive,
such as:
mount -t vfat /dev/. . . . for a FAT32 system
or
mount -t msdos /dev/ . . . . for a FAT16 system
Then just treat the tmp directory like any other unix/Linux directory.
Or if you just want to use the files directory from the floppy, assuming
it's MS-DOS formatted:
mount /dev/fd0 /home/adam/tmp
This assumes floppy A: and the same conditions as above also apply.
However, you may already have the driver on your machine, and it's just
not installed. Try running modconf and installing the Vortex/Boomerang
module, or alternatively, as root, "modprobe 3c905c".
Adam,
Hi. I responded to your message above about the 3c905c. You seem to
be taking my word that you can't get the driver for this card. Have
you (independently) verified this? I just want to make sure you don't
needlessly make your life more difficult in case I turn out to be
wrong or things have changed since last I looked.
<snip>
Hope the above helps and take care,
Daniel
IIRC, I had trouble with the 3c905c when I first installed Hamm, but
ever since then it has been well supported using the Vortex/Boomerang
driver.
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