[Watford] Installiang Debian

[Walter]

Hi Matt,

No the copy I have is Debian 2.2 but it has an option to install 2.4
(command bf24). When I use that it locks up the pc at:  TIMER Vector.....

2.2 works fine it just wont install the ehternet adpater. As I said, it's a
PCI Realtek 8139B which is on the list of available kernel modules. To make
sure I tested the card in a windows system and it works ok.

After installing this module I entered the host name, then select DHCP
configuration to get the address, dns etc but can't it find the server. I
then used manual config but even then ifconfig shows the localhost ip not
the static one I assigned.

The Linux26 command does not work.  I must have a very out-of-date version
of debian.  I'll check the FTP site for later ones. The readme.txt file in
disk iso image file give the following version info:

		        Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 r2 "Woody" - Official i386
Binary-1 CD 
Thanks and regards, Walter


-----Original Message-----
From: watford-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
[mailto:watford-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Matt Marsh
Sent: 03 April 2006 21:42
To: watford at mailman.lug.org.uk
Subject: Re: [Watford] Installiang Debian

Walter,

> Debian is in.  But as usual it cannot see the network adapter.  Unless 
> you have time to tell me how to install the adapter manually, I will 
> just re-run the debian setup routine for now.  I saw that the Realtek 
> 8139 module was there as a driver and I found an old one of these PCI 
> cards so I'll try that first.

Are you saying that during install it complains that it can't find a network
card? or that it trys to use the network and fails to be able to connect to
a DHCP server to configure the connection or whatever?

Do you have any details on what the network card is? Is it a PCI card or is
it built into the motherboard? (if it's built into the motherboard then some
details about that would be handy).

One tip... I assume that this is Debian stable (sarge) that you're
installing? If so then the default installation takes place using a 2.4
series kernel. You might get better results using an install running a 2.6
series kernel. You can do that by typing "linux26"
at the boot prompt when you boot from the installation CD. But I realise it
might be a bit late for that now, sorry!

Matt

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