From 1ea73eea5ecc6a8ed901316049259aee737ee554 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 19:51:38 +0000 Subject: move manual to top-level directory, split out of debian-installer package --- fi/hardware/network-cards.xml | 214 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 214 insertions(+) create mode 100644 fi/hardware/network-cards.xml (limited to 'fi/hardware/network-cards.xml') diff --git a/fi/hardware/network-cards.xml b/fi/hardware/network-cards.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..d296a821e --- /dev/null +++ b/fi/hardware/network-cards.xml @@ -0,0 +1,214 @@ + + + + + Network Connectivity Hardware + + + + + +Most PCI and many older ISA network cards are supported. +Some network interface cards are not supported by most Debian +installation disks, such as AX.25 cards and protocols; +NI16510 EtherBlaster cards; Schneider & Koch G16 cards; +and the Zenith Z-Note built-in network card. Microchannel (MCA) network +cards are not supported by the standard installation system, but see +Linux on MCA for some (old) +instructions. +FDDI networks are also not supported by the installation disks, both +cards and protocols. + + + + + +As for ISDN, the D-channel protocol for the (old) German 1TR6 is not +supported; Spellcaster BRI ISDN boards are also not supported by the +&d-i;. + + + + + +Any network interface card (NIC) supported by the Linux kernel should +also be supported by the boot disks. You may need to load your +network driver as a module. Again, see + for complete details. + + + + + +The following network interface cards (NICs) are supported from the bootable +kernel directly: + + + + +Sun LANCE + + + + + +Sun Happy Meal + + + + + + + +The following network interface cards are supported as modules. They +can be enabled once the drivers are installed during the setup. +However, due to the magic of OpenPROM, you still should be able to +boot from these devices: + + + + +Sun BigMAC + + + + + +Sun QuadEthernet + + + + +MyriCOM Gigabit Ethernet + + + + + + +Any network interface card (NIC) supported by the Linux kernel should +also be supported by the boot disks. You may need to load your +network driver as a module. + + + +Any network interface card (NIC) supported by the Linux kernel should +also be supported by the boot disks. You may need to load your +network driver as a module. + + + +Any network interface card (NIC) supported by the Linux kernel should +also be supported by the boot disks. You may need to load your +network driver as a module. + + + +Any network interface card (NIC) supported by the Linux kernel should +also be supported by the boot disks. You may need to load your +network driver as a module. + + + +Any network interface card (NIC) supported by the Linux kernel should +also be supported by the boot disks. You may need to load your +network driver as a module. + + + +Due to kernel limitations only the onboard network interfaces on +DECstations are supported, TurboChannel option network cards currently +do not work. + + + +Any network interface card (NIC) supported by the Linux kernel are +also be supported by the boot disks. All network drivers are compiled +as modules so you need to load one first during the initial network +setup. The list of supported network devices is: + + + + +Channel to Channel (CTC) and ESCON connection (real or emulated) + + + + +OSA-2 Token Ring/Ethernet and OSA-Express Fast Ethernet (non-QDIO) + + + + +Inter-User Communication Vehicle (IUCV) — available for VM guests only + + + + +OSA-Express in QDIO mode, HiperSockets and Guest-LANs + + + + + + + + +The following network interface cards are supported directly by the +boot disks on NetWinder and CATS machines: + + + + + PCI-based NE2000 + + + + + + DECchip Tulip + + + + + + +The following network interface cards are supported directly by the +boot disks on RiscPCs: + + + + + Ether1 + + + + + Ether3 + + + + + EtherH + + + + + + +If your card is mentioned in the lists above, the complete installation +can be carried out from the network with no need for CD-ROMs or floppy +disks. + + + +Any other network interface card (NIC) supported by the Linux kernel +should also be supported by the boot disks. You may need to load your +network driver as a module; this means that you will have to install +the operating system kernel and modules using some other media. + + + + -- cgit v1.2.3