Sebastian Haase <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> It did not auto-detect the network card. But then I selected sk98lin from >> the list that popped up and hurray, now I'm online ! (seems the driver >> works!)
Ah, right, the autodetection code uses a hardcoded map from hardware IDs to drivers that doesn't include all the IDs the new driver supports. >> What is Ubuntu anyway ? Sofar it looks all like normal debian ... Ubuntu is a Debian-based distribution that I used as a stepping stone; however, there should be only minimal traces on the install media, and none on the resulting system. > Hah, going further in the install, when it makes me to choose a kernel I'm > pretty much back to my original choice between 2.6.8-11 kernels. And then > after reboot , same "device not found "! At the time, I'm pretty sure I managed to install the 2.6.8-10 packages I had on the CD, but I could be misremembering. Anyway, I'm glad you got it to work, and sorry it still wasn't as straightforward as it could have been. > Thanks everybody ! And, Aaron, keep that iso file around !! (Or > actually just the sk98lin.ko would do (223k in size)) Don't worry, I plan to keep it around as long as it fills a niche. -- Aaron M. Ucko, KB1CJC (amu at alum.mit.edu, ucko at debian.org) Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] (NOT a valid e-mail address) for more info. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
