Debian installing new NIC

vladimir-dk · 06-20-2004, 05:17 AM

Running Debian

Have just plugged my new networkcard in the PCI-slot

NIC: NETGEAR FA311 (10/100 Mbps)

How do I get this installed ? In the beginning I could choose which drivers I want to install, but how do i get this menu back on the screen.

kolchuga · 06-20-2004, 05:25 AM

If Debian is anything like the other Linux variants, then
You need to go to hardware confinguration The :CONFIGURE YOUR computer". Then it will ask you to log in as root.
This will have your mount point preferences, TV card, scanners, NETWORK WIZARDS..Then it scans for devices listing them all, and allowing you to see the information of each device, and configure them

vladimir-dk · 06-20-2004, 07:38 AM

but I dont run any GUI - only on commandline...

milkboy · 07-14-2004, 06:44 AM

You can use discover or a similar tool to automatically load modules at boot, or then just run modconf (as root) and choose which modules should be loaded...