SMC-Ultra.o and CD/Internet Installation issues

[VoropesQ]

Hi,

I'm completely new and incompetent user of Gentoo and Linux itself so excuse me in advance for this mess.

1. Recently Downloaded both workstation and server Live-Cd ISOs (v5.0)
Tried the server thing out and after an hour of installation got "Kernel Panic" statement. Tried reinstalling - all the same. Dunno why. Probably a bad download or burnt it improperly.... doesn't matter anyway

2. Got the 136 MB boot cd with prebuilt binaries - installed the base (used stage3 tarball, and the installation guide on gentoo.org site)

Reset the BIOS, Rebooted from the harddrive - everything's fine except for my SMC-Ultra network card

All worked from the cd.

Now, I found a couple of things in the gentoo-user mailing lists with exactly the same problem, but with no replies
Except for "probably recompile the kernel without PREEMPT option".

The /lib/modules/*/......./net directory only has dummy.o in it, wich doesn't work

Copied smc-ultra.o from the Live-CD (136Mb one has only tars on it) - doesn't work- says "can't locate the file"

depmod says that it's not an .EFL or .ELF file

So, how do i get it workin' now?

3. How do I install kde and other stuff from the cd, not the internet?

How to get the list of dependencies wich Portage hides, so i could copy them all into /usr/portage/distfiles directory

Or advise my with some better ways of doing it without the internet or partly with it



I Guess that's all for now.

Hope this nice community will help me,

Cheers, Dennis

[pjp]

Did you compile support for your SMC card as a module or into the kernel? The install CD may find the right card, but it doesn't automatically select it for the config process.
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[VoropesQ]

Thanx

Actually for some reason I thought that in "menuconfig" i had to change only what was advised by the installation guide