Re: Issues with network card and installer [WAS: Re: Fwd: Re: Probably a stupid question but...]
No I haven't sent this to anyone else (actually just forwarded to
debian-boot). This is the first time I have used debian for 3 years
(previously only once before on an old alpha). Despite many years unix
experience I haven't got the foggest idea what is going on here or if this is
in fact a real problem or just a failure to driver the installer properly. I
am inclined at this point to give up unless anyone has any good ideas on how
I should proceed.
cheers,
SA
On Thursday 26 May 2005 19:28, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> On Thu, May 26, 2005 at 07:05:18PM +0100, SA wrote:
> > Pissing around with the "expert" mode of install leads me to belive that
> > some (possibly all) the network modules are missing from the installer as
> > well as some other modules. In an attempt to get around this I installed
> > another network card in the machine and tried to boot again. Same
> > failure but different module.
> >
> >
> > So far the missing (or mismatched) modules are:
> >
> > tg3 (network)
> > 8139too (network)
> > ide-mod
> > ide-probe-mod
> > ide-detect
> > ide-floppy
> > eth1394
> >
> > Now without a network card I cannot continue - am I just unlucky insofar
> > as the two network cards I have tried are just too exotic to make it onto
> > the CD (seems unlikely) or is there a problem with the installer (in
> > which case what do I do?),
>
> I am a little late to the thread, so sorry if I repeat something that
> has already been said. Have you emailed any of
> debian-testin@lists.debian.org, debian-release@lists.debian.org or
> debian-boot@lists.debian.org? Have you filed a bug against the
> install-reports psuedo package? Those are the best ways to let the
> developers of the installer know that there is a problem.
>
> -Roberto
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