Re: installing sarge with nforce2

[Roberto Sanchez <rcsanchez97@yahoo.es>]

Hoyt Bailey wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 11:53:26PM +0100, Philippe Makowski wrote:
> >
> > > is the official installation cd of sarge
> > > (http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/netinst/) working with a
>
> nforce2
>
> > > chipstet motherboard (especially networking adaptator) ?
> >
> > AFAIK, the nforce2 ethernet adaptor requires the nVidia driver.  So, my
> > guess would be no.  The installs I've done on nforce2 system have all
> > been done via a USB NIC with the nVidia drivers downloaded and installed
> > after the system is up and running.
> >
> > --
> > Jamin W. Collins
> >
> > Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. --Aldous Huxley,
> > "Proper Studies", 1927
>
> The  nVidia driver is:
> NVIDIA_Linux-X86-1.0-4496-pkg2.run
> Installation will require kernel-headers for your kernel.  Works well.
> Regards;
> Hoyt

Please check again.  That is the nVidia *graphics* driver.  The OP
was looking for the nVidia *ethernet* driver.  Two completely
different animals.

-Roberto

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