How to install a NIC to be able to proceed with the install?

ShakeyRo · n00b Joined: 06 Jul 2004 Posts: 13 Location: Romania

I want to install Gentoo( first timer) and It didn't detect my NIC and I have to install a driver for it, I've tried to install the <pcnet32> package but I get an error,What should I do ?
The NIC is an INTEL 21143 Based PCI FAST ETHERNET,
could you maybe specify what driver do I need or where could I obtain more info related to this problem
Thanks !

ElCondor · Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2004 10:46 am Post subject:

just an idea: have you checked if there is a precompiled module for this nic available? if the nic is supported by the (gentoo) kernel, then there usually is a module available.

another option is do boot the install-cd with the option "cdcache", then you can remove the cd after booting and enter another with a precompiled kernel module (that hopefully is available on the net, from the vendor or you can probably compile it on another machine)

PS: posting "lspci -v" for the nic would help to figure out what it exactly is

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markkuk · Guru Joined: 29 Nov 2002 Posts: 446

ShakeyRo · n00b Joined: 06 Jul 2004 Posts: 13 Location: Romania

Thanks,finally it worked