It may not help, but I installed debian on my laptop using a laplink cable and it was not too difficult to set up. I was planning on using an ethernet card, but I couldn't get one right away... so I spent $10 on a laplink cable instead.
Hugo van der Merwe wrote: > > Hello, > > I have installed the debian base system on a laptop, but now I need to > install the rest over a network (from another brilliant working Debian > machine). For this to work, I must get the pcmcia network card working... > > I installed the same kernel package I installed on anther laptop, and the > pcmcia-modules package that was compiled with it, and am using the same > network card. However, even with this kernel, eth0 is still an unknown > device. How does Debian Linux get to know eth0? I though it was only in > the kernel, but clearly it isn't. Or what modules must I load with > modprobe? > > Thanks in advance, > Hugo van der Merwe > -- > ps. Please ensure replies are also sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - I do not > subscribe to the mailing list, and I mistrust the news server I read > the list through. > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
