Re: Suse install!
From: John (johng2001_at_rediffmail.com)
Date: 11/27/03
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Date: 26 Nov 2003 17:35:25 -0800
laxp@ctkpsu.com wrote in message news:<tmXwb.27511$aT.25614@news-server.bigpond.net.au>...
> |From Windows Device Manager
> |HDD is ST380013AS
> |Network adapter is Inter(R) PRO/1000 CT Network Connection
> |
> |It is a very new machine barely a month old.
> |
> |Which drivers should I select?
> |I do not know where to get the parameters for any of the above.
>
> IDE disks are automatically handled, you don't need to supply any
> parameters.
>
> |Someone in the previous posts suggested to simply try the Realtek one
> |for the HDD. It asked for parameters like everything else and I could
>
> Realtek for HDD, you mean the NIC perhaps? No, use the Intel e1000
> driver.
>
> |not give them. For Network adapter I used Intel PRO 1000 from menu.
> |Again I could not supply the parameters. I have the Live CD. Anyway I
> |can find them out through that?
>
> You don't need to supply any parameters for the NIC, PCI NICs are
> autoconfiguring and the driver will find the right addresses and IRQs.
> But you may need to supply the IP address of the SUSE FTP server for a
> FTP install, so find that out and write it down. If you are going
> through a DSL or cable router, you should select DHCP and then the
> routing is handled automatically.
> --
Thanks for the assistance. It eventually turned out that it was just a
bad install CD. I burned another boot CD and it is working fine. It
kept saying "cannot load module". I did not know it was just an IO
problem. Right now the FTP servers are busy. I will install later in
the night.
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