[karasu]

I have the net install (ver. 3.1) of Debian Sarge installed- but I can't get connected to the internet. I have tried two methods: Installing ndiswrapper from terminal, and hauling my desktop to the router and directly connecting it.

I have tried to install ndiswrapper from a floppy disc... but I keep getting stuck. This is what I did:

# mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 media/floppy
#tar -xzf /media/floppy/ndiswrapper-1.10.tar.gz

So then I CDed to ndiswrapper-1.10, and tried:

#make

BUT, I get the error "Make Command not Found". So now what?

So, I tried to directly connect to my router. Even though it uses DHCP (I think...) it couldn't find it. So what can I do about this if it would be easier than ndiswrapper?

A third option I thought of was burning a KDE CD and installing that, THEN loading ndiswrapper. But if I were to do that, I'de want the newest possible version of KDE, but I couldn't find any binaries for debian, even for 3.2 which supposidly ships with Sarge...

Anyway, thanks for any help you guys can give me.

[Nova Dragoon]

did you boot the computer with it attached to the router?

[karasu]

Yes, I did.

[Nova Dragoon]

did debian recognize your ethernet card?

When it boots and you can get to a root shell, run:

/sbin/ifconfig eth0

if it doesnt error and gives you info then you are ok, and may have to manually specify the network settings