debian-installer: driver disk compatibility

2008-05-20 Thread Ken Teague
Since Debian isn't really supported by most hardware vendors, it makes it difficult to install the distribution when the kernel on the installation media doesn't support, say, a RAID controller or the IDE chipset... things of that nature. However, hardware vendors over the years are starting to

Re: debian-installer: driver disk compatibility

2008-05-20 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 07:39:24PM -0700, Ken Teague wrote: For example, lets say I have a new motherboard with a chipset that isn't supported by the current Linux kernel on the Debian installation media. I go to said manufacturers web site and they have downloads for Red Hat and SuSE. I