Bernd Zeimetz wrote: > On Sun v100 and Nextra X1 machines d-i loads the dmfe module first, > which seems to support the ethnernet controller, but in fact it does > not, only tulip does. Unfortunately a modprobe -r dmfe results in an > oops (if the interface is up, it works if you remove the module before > bringing the interface up): Have you filed a bug on the kernel for the obvious kernel bug here? (It's much better for people with the hardware to file the kernel bugs.) What version of the installer is this? Sarge? Etch? Lenny daily build? d-i allows you to blacklist broken modules to prevent udev from loading them. You can do so by passing dmfe.blacklist=1 on the kernel command line when booting the installer. -- see shy jo
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