Re: lenny netinst on laptop help
On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:44:18 -0500
Chris Lew <learning.debian@gmail.com> wrote:
> hello everyone, i am trying to install debian 5.0 lenny i386 via netinst on
> to a gateway p7811fx laptop using the graphical installer, but cannot figure
> out where to find the proper driver for the network card (i have tried all
> of the ones listed in the graphical installer, they don't work). This is
> about how much info i can find in searching for what type of nic is in the
> laptop: "802.11n wireless lan, integrated 10/100/1000 ethernet adapter,
> modem" what i do know is that it uses marvell drivers, orat least that is
> what is posted in the drivers/supports section for networking on the gateway
> site. i do not need a driver that supports wireless, but it would be nice to
> have one driver that would support the wireless networking capability of the
> card as well as regular cat5 lan (which is what i primarily use). if anyone
> knows where to locate the proper driver, or at least point me in the right
> direction i could then download it on my thumb drive and load it in the
> installer.
Boot the netinst image, get a shell and report the dmesg / lspci
information for the card.
Celejar
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