On 12/07/2012 6:37 PM, Alan Chandler wrote:
I was just bitten by the netinst limitations. I had been regularly keeping copies and then when my hardware failed and I had to install the system on some slightly non standard hardware I found that the network card wasn't supported. Eventually I got hold of the CD1 .iso and had no problem. So for simplicity I would always recommend the CD1.iso.
I forgot to add the net install CD can be downloaded with the non free firmware from this link:
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/This should include most other network drivers that are not found on the official cds.