On Saturday 29 December 2012 13:52:05 Stephen Powell wrote: > > I want to install Squeeze on a box in/on which the on board network card > > is not recognised in Squeeze. > > > > The simple solution is just put a different network card in the box > > temporarily while I install. But this box is for a present, it is black, > > it comes without spare blanking plates, and those already there have to > > be snapped out, and cannot be replaced. I am not keen to spoil the looks > > as it is a present. > > > > So could any kind soul point me at the relevant thread? It was fairly > > recent. > > I don't recall the thread to which you are referring, Lisi, but from the > subject line it sounds like the standard squeeze kernel does not contain > the necessary drivers you need for the built-in network card but a later > kernel does. Is that right?
Yes. > Yet you want to install squeeze and not > wheezy? I believe if it were me, I'd install wheezy, using the latest > wheezy installer. My first thought too. My husband has specifically requested Stable, not Testing, and KDE3. If I could give him a stable system, I don't think that he would care - or even know - that it is not Stable. Getting Trinity to work stably on Wheezy was likely to be a challenge, but well worth a try. So yesterday I downloaded yesterday's daily build and "installed" it. All went swimmingly until I tried to reboot. Nada. There was nothing there, or anyhow the BIOS couldn't see it. This may have been partly because Windows had been installed. %*&£"%^&! I buy from that firm *because* they don't preinstall Windows unless you specifically ask (and pay for!) it. It took some getting rid of, so my temper was a little short by the time I came to Debian and, I thought, sanity. I won't bore you with all the problems, but they were legion. And - sadly the tin hat on it - TDE (aka KDE3) is still rather shaky on Wheezy. I could get it going, but I am not sure how stable it would be. Had Wheezy installed OK I would have tried it, but as it didn't that rather settled the matter! [snip] I shall try Kenshi Muto's CD and take it from there. > As an alternative, you might try a PCMCIA / PC card network adapter, if > your computer has a slot for these devices, see above. :-( > In short, I'd install wheezy if I were you. Yes, I would if I were me too. I use TDE, but it is quite stable enough on Wheezy for me. But it is a present for my husband's 80th birthday. I have talked about what he wants in terms of a reinstall on his old computer, and he is both clear and adamant. He hates change, so I added as an inducement that he could only have Squeeze for a limited amount of time now anyway. In this case, he'd rather have change and go to Wheezy when he has to do so. He is away at the moment, and I want to have it up and running when he comes back in the middle of the week. Thanks for the help. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
