[johnny22]

and how would it get that module without network access. I'd say for network drivers specifically, this is tough one.

It would work for various other drivers though.

[bombcar]

The standard method is for the installer to have the needful and then it knows what packages to install to give you the network drivers you need going forward (shades of slipstreaming in all the network drivers I could find into W2K custom ISOs so I'd not need to find floppies).