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<sect1 id="network-cards">
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<title>Network Connectivity Hardware</title>
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Most PCI and many older ISA network cards are supported.
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Some network interface cards are not supported by most Debian
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installation disks, such as AX.25 cards and protocols;
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NI16510 EtherBlaster cards; Schneider & Koch G16 cards;
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and the Zenith Z-Note built-in network card. Microchannel (MCA) network
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cards are not supported by the standard installation system, but see
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<ulink url="&url-linux-mca;">Linux on MCA</ulink> for some (old)
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FDDI networks are also not supported by the installation disks, both
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otherwise unsupported card and then substitute in the installer (see
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</para><para arch="i386">
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As for ISDN, the D-channel protocol for the (old) German 1TR6 is not
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supported; Spellcaster BRI ISDN boards are also not supported by the
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Any network interface card (NIC) supported by the Linux kernel should
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also be supported by the boot disks. You may need to load your
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network driver as a module. Again, see
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<ulink url="&url-m68k-faq;"></ulink> for complete details.
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The following network interface cards (NICs) are supported from the bootable
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</para><para arch="sparc">
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The following network interface cards are supported as modules. They
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can be enabled once the drivers are installed during the setup.
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However, due to the magic of OpenPROM, you still should be able to
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boot from these devices:
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MyriCOM Gigabit Ethernet
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</para><para arch="alpha">
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Any network interface card (NIC) supported by the Linux kernel should
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also be supported by the boot disks. You may need to load your
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network driver as a module.
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</para><para arch="powerpc">
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Any network interface card (NIC) supported by the Linux kernel should
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also be supported by the boot disks. You may need to load your
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network driver as a module.
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</para><para arch="hppa">
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Any network interface card (NIC) supported by the Linux kernel should
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also be supported by the boot disks. You may need to load your
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network driver as a module.
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</para><para arch="ia64">
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Any network interface card (NIC) supported by the Linux kernel should
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also be supported by the boot disks. You may need to load your
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network driver as a module.
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</para><para arch="mips">
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Any network interface card (NIC) supported by the Linux kernel should
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also be supported by the boot disks. You may need to load your
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network driver as a module.
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</para><para arch="mipsel">
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Due to kernel limitations only the onboard network interfaces on
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DECstations are supported, TurboChannel option network cards currently
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</para><para arch="s390">
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Any network interface card (NIC) supported by the Linux kernel are
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also be supported by the boot disks. All network drivers are compiled
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as modules so you need to load one first during the initial network
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setup. The list of supported network devices is:
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Channel to Channel (CTC) and ESCON connection (real or emulated)
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OSA-2 Token Ring/Ethernet and OSA-Express Fast Ethernet (non-QDIO)
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Inter-User Communication Vehicle (IUCV) — available for VM guests only
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OSA-Express in QDIO mode, HiperSockets and Guest-LANs
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The following network interface cards are supported directly by the
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boot disks on NetWinder and CATS machines:
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</para><para arch="arm">
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The following network interface cards are supported directly by the
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boot disks on RiscPCs:
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</para><para arch="arm">
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If your card is mentioned in the lists above, the complete installation
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can be carried out from the network with no need for CD-ROMs or floppy
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</para><para arch="arm">
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Any other network interface card (NIC) supported by the Linux kernel
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should also be supported by the boot disks. You may need to load your
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network driver as a module; this means that you will have to install
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the operating system kernel and modules using some other media.