On Thu, 2003-09-25 at 10:46, liberty young wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 17:18, Mike Starke wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 04:58:02PM -0700, liberty young wrote:
> > /_does somebody have a debian woody installer that has the 2.4.20 kernel?
> > /_I have an SMC 1211 ethernet controller, and i'd like to install it on
> > /_that machine...unfortunately, it isn't supported my debian cd.
> > /_
> > /_can somebody point me to an ISO i can download? 
> > 
> > Forgive my ignorance, but can't you just load
> > a module on install? ALT+F2, and then insmod something
> > off a floppy should put you right into business.
> > 
> > Did I miss something?
> 
> I'm using a CD, which has a complete /lib/modules/2.2.20 tree (and the
> installer uses 2.2.20)..the problem is that 2.2.20 doesn't support my
> Ethernet Card, and I want to do a network Install. 
> 
> I've already tried going into the console and manually entering the
> proper driver..but the proper driver doesn't exist yet! I know a later
> 2.4.x kernel will do, i was just hoping that there was a CD install 
> that uses a precompiled 2.4.x kernel. 
> 
>

I recall an option to do the CD install with a 2.4.? kernel. I think I
saw it in the help <F1> on the CD boot menu. I'm not positive but at
least it's worth a look.

Bart