Internet install w/Tulip Ethernet card

[Red Knuckles]

I think I want to do an Internet install or upgrade to Suse 10.2 [from 10.1]. Unfortunately I have the Davicom Tulip Ethernet card which the Internet install CD boots with the tulip driver which doesn't work. How can I get it to load the dmfe driver instead??? The dmfe driver is listed in the boot dialog but after tulip which is probably why it loads tulip by default.

Here's another thought. How can I use Yast [still very slow for me], Smart, or Synaptic to upgrade from 10.1 to 10.2???

[kakariko81280]

To switch network card drivers:

modprobe -r tulip
moprobe dmfe

Then set up your network card as normal.

No idea about the upgrade options though. Perhaps someone else here can help you.

Let us know how you get on.

Chris...

[Red Knuckles]

To switch network card drivers:

modprobe -r tulip
moprobe dmfe

Then set up your network card as normal.

No idea about the upgrade options though. Perhaps someone else here can help you.

Let us know how you get on.

Chris...

With the Internet install CD [which is a bootable ISO 9660 CD] there doesn't appear to me any way to do a text install or access the command line. Or I'm such a noob I missed it.

[kakariko81280]

I'm afraid I don't have a Suse disk to hand (which is why on only ventured a part answer), but usually <CTRL><ALT><F1> will switch you to another terminal which can be used to access a command line. Some of the available terminals will be used for things like printing installation methods so try the other F* keys to find a usable terminal. The same feature will switch you back to the installer when you select the right terminal (the right F* key).

Let us know how you get on,

Chris...

[Red Knuckles]

Maybe I incorrectly stated the problem. When I attempt to do an Internet install from these instructions:

http://en.opensuse.org/INSTALL_Internet

I get this error:

HTTP network error
Connect: no route to host

This occurs whether I use DHCP or enter network info manually. When I do so manually it correctly detects my computer ip, my router/gateway ip, then for name server it lists my router ip again. Also it loads the tulip driver for my net card as stated above but I'm no longer sure that's the problem. I'm using '195.135.221.134' as the host ip and '/pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.2/inst-source/' as the installation directory.

[Red Knuckles]

The Internet install instruction page has been edited since yesterday [12-9-2006]. Following the current instructions now with some mirrors I can get it to start to install the installer but it freezes at some point and doesn't finish. Will continue to try with other mirrors.

[Red Knuckles]

I still can't get it to finish installing the installer. Will try later. Meanwhile I'll burn the CD's even though I'd prefer an Internet install. Also a possible reason why my install freezes could be because it is using the tulip ethernet driver instead of dmfe which I haven't figured a way around.