>Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2004 10:55:59 -0600 >From: Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: debian-user <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: base system, no x windows yet,HOW? >Message-id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >In-reply-to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT
>ts wrote: >>At first I ventured into debian installation ( via networking)again, >>the embeded LAN chips(RTL8201BL , RTL8101L) of current EPOX-8RDA3G motherboard >>(nforce2 Ultra 400 +MCP chipsets) >can't be detected whatever kernel driver >>modules I set on. >> >>later on I nearly fulfilled debian's installation from hard disk by downloading >>"rescue.bin"&"root.bin"(from http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/...ges-1.44/bf2.4/ ) >>"drivers.tgz"( from http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/.../current/bf2.4/) >>"basedebs.tar"-27M >>(from http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/....23-2002-07-18/) >>and following up the prompts. >>. >>Now it's only a base system, I can login under console.... >>no x windows yet , what left packages should I download & install under console >>?is it possible to make networking >chips work and make rest of installation via >>network and upgrade kernel to latest 2.6.3? and how to do it under console >?with >>commands? >> >> >> >> >-I'm not sure what modules you'll need for your LAN, but a quick google >indicates it might be the "8139too". Try "modprobe 8139too". >You can also try "lspci"; if it reports "unknown device", you'll >probably need to upgrade your kernel (which you're wanting to do anyway). >You can also look to see what modules are available under >/lib/modules/[kernel version]/kernel. Thanks for your reply! Your adivices 're realy helpful, by typing " lspci" system indicated the NIC is 8139too, at "eth0"... it's available under /lib/modules/kernel 2.4.18/kernel. But when I tried to ping my local ISP's IP& gateway's IP, ended up with no reply, within Lan "ping 192.168.1.2"& "ping 192.168.1.0"it did respond. Do you think I should download the tar file (NVIDIA_nforce-1.0-0261.tar.gz ) From(http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/nforce/1.0-0261/NVIDIA_nforce-1.0-0261.tar.gz) or Source RPM file (NVIDIA_nforce-1.0-0261.src.rpm) from (http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/nforce/1.0-0261/NVIDIA_nforce-1.0-0261.src.rpm) and install it and thus set proper configuration of EPOX-8RDA3G MB& its NIC lan? >You can also try booting off a Knoppix CD to see what modules it uses >(assuming it works on the network). If it works on the network, you can >download and manually install any packages for upgrading your kernel >(and it's painful, but do-able). >Once you have networking, and have configured your /etc/apt/sources.list >file to pull from the network, you can "apt-get update" followed by >"apt-get install x-window-system" to start making progress on getting X >up and running. >-- >Kent tom 6/3/2004 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]