On Tue, 20 Jul 2004, Kev wrote:
> >If memory serves (I'm not certain, though), the stock Debian install kernel
> >does NOT contain support for NICs that use the rtl8139 driver (or the newer
> >8139too driver). If that's the "comm one" you are referring to, you will
> >need to add a module for it to do an online install.
>
> LAN cards are both, Realtek RTL8139
I know I'm being timorous for questioning your memory here Ray, but I'm almost sure when I did my Debian install here (starting from floppies) on my machine that has an onboard rtl8139 NIC, I did get network support without loading of additional modules. If I'm wrong - well, what do you expect from a newbie? :)
About as much as I expect from an old timer with a failing memory. (That's why I said I wasn't certsin when I posted it ... being lazy, these days I *always* put a tulip-based NIC in any system I am setting up, then switch to its "real" NIC after I have the kernel I actually want to use on the system installed.)
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