Some network interface cards (NICs) are not supported by most Debian installation disks, such as AX.25 cards and protocols; 3Com EtherLink Plus (3c505) and EtherLink16 (3c507); NI5210 cards; generic NE2100 cards; NI6510 and NI16510 EtherBlaster cards; SEEQ 8005 cards; Schneider & Koch G16 cards; Ansel Communications EISA 3200; Winbond-840 based cards (eg. Realtek-100A), some new Tulip based cards and the Zenith Z-Note built-in network card. These network cards are supported by the "bf2.4" flavor: Winbond-840 based cards, newer Tulip based cards, National Semiconductor DP8381x/DP8382x series and Sundance ST201 "Alta". Microchannel (MCA) network cards are not supported by the standard installation system, but see Linux on MCA for some (old) instructions, and the Linux MCA discussion archives. FDDI networks are also not supported by the installation disks, both cards and protocols. You can create a custom kernel which supports an otherwise unsupported card and then substitute in the installer (see ). 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 boot-floppies. Sound devices are not supported by default. But as already mentioned above: if you want to use your own kernel please go to for further information. ]]> 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. Support for the built-in DECChip (Tulip) Ethernet on many Alpha models is compiled directly into the kernel. For other cards, 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) or ESCON connection (real or emulated) lcs: OSA-2 Token Ring/Ethernet or OSA-Express Fast Ethernet (non-QDIO) Inter-User Communication Vehicle (IUCV) - available for VM guests only qeth: OSA-Express in QDIO mode / HiperSockets - this requires a second initrd with the OCO modules from developerWorks. Please read for information how to get or create such a second initrd. ]]> 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. ]]>