From 1f380d96c9262f651b6c53f0c390b2d696adb70e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Frans Pop Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 14:38:19 +0000 Subject: - Various corrections suggested by Clytie Siddall. - Update instructions on how to set module parameters for PLIP installation. - Update chroot install instructions to use aptitude instead of apt-get. --- en/appendix/plip.xml | 27 ++++++++++----------------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) (limited to 'en/appendix/plip.xml') diff --git a/en/appendix/plip.xml b/en/appendix/plip.xml index 0946d0ae0..a8acd8e76 100644 --- a/en/appendix/plip.xml +++ b/en/appendix/plip.xml @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ -This section explains how to install &debian; on a computer without +This section explains how to install &debian; on a computer without an Ethernet card, but with just a remote gateway computer attached via a Null-Modem cable (also called Null-Printer cable). The gateway computer should be connected to a network that has a Debian mirror @@ -100,6 +100,15 @@ echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward Boot the installation media. The installation needs to be run in expert mode; enter expert at the boot prompt. +If you need to set paramenters for kernel modules, you also need to +do this at the boot prompt. For example, to boot the installer and +set values for the io and irq options +for the parport_pc module, enter the following at the boot prompt: + + +expert parport_pc.io=0x378 parport_pc.irq=7 + + Below are the answers that should be given during various stages of the installation. @@ -134,26 +143,10 @@ show this list. -Prompt for module parameters: Yes - - - - Because no network card was detected/selected earlier, the installer will ask you to select a network driver module from a list. Select the plip module. - - - -Additional parameters for module parport_pc: -io=0x378 irq=7 - - - - -Additional parameters for module plip: leave empty - -- cgit v1.2.3