Package: Initial installation and setup on a PC Version: Debian GNU/Linux Release 2.1 (I think it comes up as kernel version 2.036 ??)
When installing the Linux onto the pc and going through all of the modules to install as part of building the core, I found an error in the NETWORK portion of the load. I have the D-Link DFE-530TX+ network card in the PC and found on the internet somewhere that the "VIA Rhine" module should work for this card. The error occurs in the 'Configure Device Driver Modules' menu step - under the 'net' category of drivers. When you choose the "VIA Rhine family chip Ethernet driver" and try to install it into the kernel, you get the error "Parameter documentation for this module is unavailable". When you hit return, you get put into the "Please enter any command-line arguments for the via-rhine module". Here is my problem...... I have no idea what the arguments could be. I went to the D-Link page and found a link to a driver for Linux, but to my avail, it is not current. It turned out that the driver file no longer exists on the machine that the link pointed to. On the D-Link diskette that I have I found a copy of what looks like the driver and some instructions how to compile it and insert it into the kernel with the 'insmod' command. (insmod rtl8139.o) (source file is rtl8139.c compiled with gcc) The following steps to bind use the '/sbin/ifconfig' command on eth0 - to add to routing table using the '/sbin/route' command. The steps on rebuilding the kernel are also included, but are a little beyond my knowledge right now. I would appreciate any assistance possible on how to get around this - I just want to get my machine working on my home network with all of my other computers and printers. Thank You Brett Dalla [EMAIL PROTECTED]