Re: Network card not detected or listed in installation
On Tue, Jul 29, 2003, ThinKer wrote:
> Ok.. I have the disks partitioned and mounted. I am ready to install
> the base system, but when I installed the kernel and driver modules, my
> network card was not detected. I then went to configure device driver
> modules and selected 'net' for Drivers for network interface cards, and
> my card is not listed.
>
> When I choose 'dummy' as a generic substitute I get a 'installation
> successful' message, but I still am not served an ip from my dhcp
> server.
>
> When I try to manually enter the IP address, domain, gateway, and dns,
> the machine can't find
> http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/
> which is where the install files are supposed to be.
>
> Someone please tell me what I am doing wrong (this time).
>
> Network Card
> Netgear Fa311 10/100 NIC (PCI)
I haven't used this NIC but it appears to use the module "natsemi".
I'd try to load that and see if it talks to your card... and then set
up the network as you tried above.
Michael
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