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Detecting Network Hardware
In this step, the installer will try to automatically identify the network card and load the corre- sponding module. If automatic detection fails, you can manually select the module to load. If all else fails, you can load a specific module from a removable device. This last solution is usually only needed if the appropriate driver is not included in the standard Linux kernel, but available elsewhere, such as the manufacturer’s website.
This step must absolutely be successful for network installations (such as those done when booting from a mini.iso), since the Debian packages must be loaded from the network.