Michael, If you are happy to do a net install and you are now having doubts about Debian, what about considering Gentoo?
Regards, Robert What Do Fish Say When They Hit a Concrete Wall? Dam! -----Original Message----- From: mjm159 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 26 January 2004 11:03 a.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Driver for Dick Smith PCMCIA NIC? Egad, what a process. I've definately decided that you're right, the Woody driver disks are no good to me so it's either Redhat or following this webpage. I might have a crack at the web page but I'm not sure I have the patience right now ;-) Thanks to all for your help, Michael. >Actually, see: >http://groups.google.co.nz/groups?selm=hjpO.4Cb.9%40gated-at.bofh.it&oe=UTF -8 &output=gplain > >Based on this email, it seems that the bf2.4 kernels have support for >the 8139 chipset, but don't have the PCMCIA/CardBus support for those >chipsets. It looks like you'll need to use Knoppix, build your own >install disks for Debian, or use a different distribution. > >-mjg >-- >Matthew Gregan |/ > /| [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message generated in webmail.
