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Re: cdebootstrap, USB-Ethernet



On Wed, 2006-10-18 at 09:58 -0700, shark@gulfnet.sd64.bc.ca wrote:
> The Pegasus driver successfully operates a Belkin
> USB-Ethernet adapter on my desktop Pentium system.
> Required modules are loaded automatically. 
> 
> Recently I installed the base system on the hdd from 
> a Toshiba Pentium laptop 4000CDS using cdebootstrap.  
> With that system, the indicator light on the Belkin 
> never illuminates and the adapter is not reported by 
> ifconfig.
> 
> The Web page for 
> Package: nic-usb-modules-2.6.17-2-486-di (1.37)
> states this.
> "Warning: This package is intended for the use in building 
> debian-installer images only. Do not install it on a normal 
> Debian system."
> So I did not try to install this module.
> 
> What should I do to get the Belkin adapter to work as 
> on my desktop system?

A (very) quick suggestion. You can list the loaded modules and the
installed packages and try to find any differences between the systems.

lsmod and dpkg -l

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Cheers,
Sven Arvidsson
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