On Mon, 2003-07-07 at 18:00, Hyrum Wright wrote: > I'm trying to help a friend install Linux for the first time. I've > decided to go with RedHat, because it is fairly new user friendly. I > want to do a network install, because I don't want to burn the disks, > and I've already got the network install files sitting on a local > webserver. The problem is that the RedHat boot disks (either floppy or > CD iso) don't contain the network drivers for his box. (He has an HP > Pavilion 775e, with an integrated network card). > > I've tried the Gentoo LiveCD, and that seems to use the correct network > drivers (I can ping the install server and such), but it's no dice with > the RedHat disk. Any suggestions?
There are ways of creating driver disks for the installer, but it involves recompiling the installer kernel and so forth. I would just burn him some CDs if I were you. Besides that, he'll want to have the CDs when you are gone. Michael > > Thanks, > Hyrum > > PS - I'm tempted to go with Gentoo, however, since he is a Linux newbie, > and he will not be my roommate in a couple of months, I would like to go > with a low maintanance solution for right now. -- Michael Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
