Re: How to make a driver floppy?

On 6/25/05, Tom Allison <tallison@tacocat.net> wrote:

Nelson Leung wrote:
> Hi all~
> I'm tring to install debian on my new computer. I
> downloaded the net-install version and install. But it
> cannot detect my LAN card and ask for the driver. I've
> tried to download the driver form the officical site
> into a floppy but it said it is not a valid driver

naah, thats not it. I think you must write those 4 images ( http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/sarge/main/installer-i386/current/images/floppy/ ) to floppyes.
And not just copy.. Under linux use 'dd if=file.img of=/dev/fd0' , under windows use rawrite.

> floppy... How can i install the driver? I don't want
> to burn all cd image into cd-r...
> I'm using gigabtye's GA-K8NXP-9 and it have two
> onbroad LAN card, Marvell Yukon 88E8053 Gigabit
> Ethernet controller and CICADA8201 Gigabit LAN PHY
> chip(NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller).
> Beside, does the net-install version support PPPoE
> connection?
> Thanks.
>