Re: Need a way to install driver / packages

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Kent West wrote:

> 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?
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> 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".


> > Oops, that should be "modprobe 3c59x"