Re: Linux-APUS-user digest, Vol 1 #524 - 2 msgs

[Pieter E. <pi...@ba...>]

Hi Andreas,

> Message: 2
> From: Andreas =?iso-8859-1?Q?W=FCst?= <an...@po...>
> To: Linux/APUS user list <lin...@li...>
> Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2002 17:43:03 +0100
> Subject: Problems during Woody install connected to x-surf
>
> Hi

> Well, you may think whats the deal, the guy can do
> that later too, but this one is quite an important bit for me, because I
have
> to do installation trough network (connection set up by dhcp, btw. does
this
> work at all in a that early state?).

Sure, i used exactly this type of install...

> It seems as the kernel wouldn't support my x-surf NIC. But I couldn't
figure
> out which kernel version has been used for this installation (ok, I should
have
> run dmesg maybe). Is it not possible to use a kernel which supports my
x-surf?

IIRC, i used something around the 2.4.9 kernel with my x-surf. I can't
remember the bootfloppies having any problems with that...

> I also tried to boot with a 2.4.6 kernel (which supports x-surf), but
bootstrap just
> complained aobut the ELF header (n.b. this kernel worked toghether with
this
> bootstrap two weeks ago). Should I have raised stack memory maybe before
> running bootstrap?

Don't know, but why not try an even newer kernel while you're at it?

Bye, Pieter.