Thanks to a reply I did find out why, or possibly why my network drivers will not load. The bnx2 kernel module (for my network hardware) does not comply with Debians Free Software policy, so it has to live in the non-free section. My guess is it tries to pull it from the free library. I am not experienced enough to rebuild the installer nor find a way to add it in afterwards, so have been pestering friends and lurking on as many Debian forums as I can find as yet to no avail.
I did get tired of burning CD's and decided to go with a USB boot for my installs, but that in itself presents problems as again like anything in Linux it's not as simple as it should be. Perhaps someone will do a quick fix on the net install cd ISO and things will get easier. Until then I will keep fumbling until I hit on the right thing.
I did get tired of burning CD's and decided to go with a USB boot for my installs, but that in itself presents problems as again like anything in Linux it's not as simple as it should be. Perhaps someone will do a quick fix on the net install cd ISO and things will get easier. Until then I will keep fumbling until I hit on the right thing.
