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Re: Intel NIC Driver



On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 02:33:04PM -0400, jhgraves@gis.net wrote:
> I just installed debian on a server.  The server has a an Intel PRO 1000
> MT network card/interface.  This was not rcognized by any driver on the
> install.
> 
> 1. Is there a driver that will work with this.  I believe it is on the
> motherboard.
> 
> 2. As a newbie with Debian/Linux.  How do I know install a driver into
> the server?
> 
> 
> TIA  John G.
Hi John,
yes there is a driver. Search the lists.debian.org archives for the
answer. you can manually install a module (what a driver is called in
unix, or more formally a 'kernel module'). you can use 'lsmod' or
'modprobe'. do 'man lsmod' or 'man modprobe' for more info. After you
determine what modules you need, add them to the file /etc/modules. This
is were the kernel get a list of modules to load upon boot. Also, there
are two kinds of modules: ones that are 'compiled in' the kernel and
those that you load manually. This is the latter.
-Kev

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