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Re: [LUG] Debian



On Sat, May 10, 2003 at 04:39:17PM +0000, dan prisk wrote:
> On Saturday 10 May 2003 14:15, Jonathan Melhuish wrote:
> > Ahh, thanks, that looks like you've hit the nail on the head, there. 
> > "lsmod" does indeed list the "8139too" module as being loaded and being
> > used by "mii".  Additionally, "yenta_socket" is loaded.
> >
> > So I have to recompile my kernel?  Yikes, that sounds scary!
> >
> > How do I go about that, armed only with a pen, a peice of paper, a laptop,
> > a desktop with a (modem) internet connection, a Debian 3.0 CD1 and some
> > string? Your answer is allowed to include the anacronym "RTFM", as long as
> > you include the relevant web address! ;-)
> 
> OK, first of all you're going to need to get the kernel sources and find a 
> spare few hours... The best way of doing this would be by using 'apt-get 
> install vanilla-sources' (or similar) from within Debian, although the lack 
> of an operational NIC may inhibit that. Unless of course the Debian CD has 
> the kernel sources on it? I'm not sure whether or not it does at all tbh. 

There are both prebuilt kernels and kernel sources on the Debian CDs
up to 2.4.18. You do have all 7 disks...

> I'll assume not to cover myself...

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