On 7/4/07, Pol Hallen <debianen@fuckaround.org> wrote:
> I was trying to install Debian etch on an "older" (2003/ AMD Athlon 1700
> + System. But the installer was unable to correctly detect or rather
> install the correct driver for my network card.
switch to other shell and do:
dmesg|grep eth
> Other Distros like Ubuntu 7.04 do correctly detect it. But I want to use
> Debian. So is there any way to fix this? Easily?
Install whole debian os and ricompile the kernel with correct ethernet module.
Pol
Hi
I had a problem with my on-board NIC and had to use a more recent Kernel from BackPorts, but then my Mobo was very new. :) It could be your problem...
Nick