On Mon, 2008-02-25 at 15:56 -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 03:48:46PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 03:24:28PM -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 09:18:56PM +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote: > > > > That's not strictly true. Etch doesn't contain a kernel recent enough to > > > > use that hardware, but that doesn't prevent anyone from installing > > > > etch without ethernet and compile a more recent kernel later on. > > > > > > That's just a pain though. > > > > Any chance he could just use a lenny kernel?
I'd almost guarantee that with money. :-) I had a problem with one of the old lenny kernels not working with my Nikon D40 camera. I solved the problem by installing the sid kernel using "dpkg -i" so I wouldn't have to muck around with sources.list. > Probably, after you get the system installed. Doing a net install > without a network port is a pain. > > One could install an old spare network card to do the install, then > upgrade the kernel and then use the built in network I suppose. That's probably the easiest way. If you haven't got a spare NIC handy then second hand one from computer fairs are very cheap. The other way (if you have a spare AMD64 system) is to install on that system and then just move the disks. I've used that method to install embedded systems which don't have a CDROM drive by using my laptop. Bit of a bugger moving the disk, not as easy as plugging a spare NIC into a PCI slot, but it works. Steve -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]