Re: installation of NIC
On (15/04/05 11:13), petereasthope@canada.com wrote:
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> From: petereasthope@canada.com
> Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 11:13:50 -0700 (PDT)
> Subject: installation of NIC
>
> I've installed the Sarge base, without a NIC, from a CD.
>
> I know how to run base-config but it can not configure
> a NIC can it? I do not find modconf; probably not there.
> (Seems odd for a base installation to omit something
> that important.)
>
> Someone please point me towards documention which
> explains how to install a kernel module, driver & etc.
> and get a NIC working.
Edit your /etc/apt/sources.list to give something like:
deb http://mirror.ox.ac.uk/debian/ sarge main
deb-src http://mirror.ox.ac.uk/debian/ sarge main
deb http://security.debian.org/ sarge/updates main
and then as root type:
# aptitude install modconf
Then run modconf and you may find your driver
Regards
Clive
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