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Re: Etch on Netra X1



On Friday 01 June 2007 16:34, Jerome Warnier wrote:
> The first important problem is that it tries to use the "dmfe" kernel
> module for the NICs, and it doesn't work at all, while "tulip" does.

The installation guide documents this issue and a way to work around it.
http://www.debian.org/releases/etch/sparc/ch02s06.html.en#nics-sparc-trouble

However, I see that that needs to be updated as in the mean time we have a 
better method: blacklisting the module when the installer is booted:
http://www.debian.org/releases/etch/sparc/ch05s02.html.en#module-blacklist

Cheers,
FJP

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