hi there,
I just got a new dell 580s with windows 7 and I3-530 processor. I partitioned the drive within windows and proceeded to install debian using the latest x86 net disk (I burnt the latest 150M ISO to a CD for the installation). Everythng goes fine except that it fails to detect the ethernet adapter. I'm then prompted to pick a driver from a long list.
I called Dell to ask which adapter I had inside and they said it was the Broadcom 57788. I couldn't find this exact model number on broadcom's website but from their website I learnt that they have a bunch of drivers like tg3, bnx2 and b44. I tried all three but none works. (http://www.broadcom.com/support/ethernet_nic/downloaddrivers.php)
I proceed with the install without network thinking it may work afterwords and was able to log in as root, etc. However, without the network support I can't do much.
Any help will be appreciated.
Thank you,
- Danny