wex wrote:
> THanks for the reply. I was hoping there is another solution because > I am quickly running out of cds to burn....I am trying ot install debian onto my laptop which has the broadcomm 4400 network card. I went ahead and installed debian but of course I have no network because it is not in the 2.4.18 kernel that comes with it.I had a similar problem with a Broadcom NIC in a server. I couldn't get the official Broadcom driver to work, and ended up downloading and compiling the 2.4.25 kernel from kernel.org (which had the driver).
Unless you have a null modem cable (and want to set that up [1]), or want to remove the drive and happen to have the adapter kit to use your laptop drive in your pc (~$10 US), I don't think you have many other options.
Surely burning a CD is the easiest option. [1] http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Serial-Laplink-HOWTO/x24.html dircha