On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 11:14:46PM -0600, Kent West wrote: > Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > >On Sat, 01 Nov 2003 12:06:21 -0800 (PST), > >"Mark Healey" <deblist@healeyonline.com> wrote in message > ><[🔎] 200311012006.hA1K6Um9004108@localhost.localdomain>: > > > > > > > >>On Sat, 1 Nov 2003 17:53:27 +0000, Pigeon wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Go ahead and install Debian, without worrying about getting the NIC > >>>working yet. Use the machine that you're posting from to go to > >>>http://packages.debian.org/testing/devel/kernel-source-2.4.22.html > >>>and download the .deb of kernel-source-2.4.22. Then install that, > >>>install make-kpkg, and build yourself a 2.4.22 kernel with support > >>>for the Broadcom. > >>> > >>> > >>I have no idea how to manualy install a kernel and adding extra stuff > >>to it means editing files I have no understanding of. I'm going to > >>stick with just trying to make a module. > >> > >> > > > >..no need: http://packages.debian.org/unstable/misc/kernel-package.html > > > >..instead of wasting time on tossing stuff into your deb in the un-deb > >way, click-n-read the the links we gave you. > > > > > > > But rather than grabbing the source and compiling his own, could he not > just grab the already compiled version (such as this one for the upper > Pentium archs: > http://packages.debian.org/testing/base/kernel-image-2.4-686.html) and > install it and get support for the nic. Much easier in my opinion than > rolling your own. I'm assuming he's installing woody, since he's installing from CDs; by building from source, you avoid having to install dependencies from testing. -- Pigeon Be kind to pigeons Get my GPG key here: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x21C61F7F
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