From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 914691381F3 for ; Sat, 29 Jun 2013 14:47:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6908EE09FB; Sat, 29 Jun 2013 14:47:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail2.viabit.com (mail2.viabit.com [65.246.80.16]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 425B5E09EB for ; Sat, 29 Jun 2013 14:47:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [172.17.29.6] (vpn1.metro-data.com [65.213.236.242]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail2.viabit.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3bjHk10pbmz1hfG for ; Sat, 29 Jun 2013 10:47:04 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=orlitzky.com; s=mail2; t=1372517225; bh=BFMvtdICN0A03jv8o71BgVJhURqlzO9E/GIdHL+nJDo=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=AEGWV3rcABdAAJoTKNJ7EOYut99L/rBLNxnzu3N2BKnCK9eliwDJ4i3xbo3ujKeyT eknvpP6iWafqGYpNbG28FUJR+gljJLaXZbyKuQuNEV8n4r/6PQh2X+zXu3LCneowQA Q4KHHgoY2uAzGJVaKp51zNQw2GVTSWfUoPnQxyPc= Message-ID: <51CEF368.3080403@orlitzky.com> Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 10:47:04 -0400 From: Michael Orlitzky User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130607 Thunderbird/17.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo installation, network adapter not supported References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.6a1pre Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 72a428b1-641b-44c5-907f-94dd991651dd X-Archives-Hash: b2e49b916e208153cd7d0aada0e1a900 On 06/29/2013 04:16 AM, Zind wrote: > hi all, > I am new to Gentoo. I came across some problems in the Gentoo > installation process. > > ... > > After several times of STFW, I can confirm it's a network adapter driver > support issue: lacks of coresponding network adapter drivers. > For the AR8161 network adapter, it requires the alx kernal module: alx.ko. > Previously, I thought I could at least compile this driver by myself, > but soon I found it lacks of build-essential packages, too. :-( > You can try to use SystemRescueCD[1] (based on Gentoo) instead of the minimum install CD. The instructions are identical, but sometimes the SystemRescueCD is more up-to-date. [1] http://www.sysresccd.org/