On Thu, 7 Feb 2008, Frank Murphy wrote:
> My 2nd dell vostro.
>> Trying to Install Debial 4 r2
>> It' cannot pickup my DVD or Netcard.
>> What kernel args can I put in to help it install?
> Already have irqpoll (all usb connectors)
>> Dell blurb:
>http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/vostrodt_200mt?c=us&cs=555&l=en&s=biz>> Google got me here:
>http://forums.untangle.com/archive/index.php/t-461.html> which fixed the CDRom issue.
>> Still stuck with the network bit.
>> Frank
>>
Try using the business card installer from debian sid or testing. It'll
have a newer kernel. You can use expert mode to chose which debian to
install (stable/testing/unstable). Had to do that as the broadcom net
card
in a recent dell server wasn't liked by the stable kernel drivers.
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
hth,
murf.
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