broadcom drivers debian (was RE: Debian Installer - Problems Partitioning)
> [linux]
> But expect to have problems there too, especially with the Broadcom NICs
> that every new Intel box has these days.
The (intel) sarge installer auto-detects the broadcom drivers.
I had did apt-get update/upgrade and got a slightly newer kernel. The
network didn't come up until I put:
tg3
...into /etc/modules (for the reboot) and did:
insmod tg3
ifdown eth0
ifup eth0
On Sun, 6 Jun 2004, Speakman, John H./Epidemiology-Biostatistics wrote:
> Not to sound like a wet blanket, but if you have to have Linux I say
> give it up already and buy an Intel box, the more "standard" the better.
> But expect to have problems there too, especially with the Broadcom NICs
> that every new Intel box has these days.
>
> I spent six months, on and off, trying to get Linux, any Linux (actually
> I never tried SuSE...hmm...), to behave itself with Alpha 4100s. I
> tried Debian and Red Hat, threw money away on new SCSI controllers,
> tried firmware upgrades, trolled the internet, gave up on having any
> kind of hardware RAID, all to no avail. I found lots of smart folks who
> had teased the things into life but I'm just too dumb. At the very
> least you should ditch the DAC960s if they don't work after a week or so
> of faffing around.
>
> With Intel I can get Debian running although I had to install an old
> fashioned 3Com NIC and if you have an eight-way box expect Debian only
> to be able to handle seven of them. I do think if you have to have
> Linux it should be Debian. Once you have accomplished the Herculean
> task of making Debian work, it will probably stay that way, unlike Red
> Hat. Plus on Intel you will need to hit "bf24" at the first prompt of
> the Debian CD (a non-2.4 kernel won't recognize your hardware, a 2.4
> will recognize everything but the Broadcom NIC).
>
> I hear rumors Debian 3.1 will have a new installer; if it provides a
> nicer way to incorporate new hardware drivers it could really change the
> world for morons like me. I am pleased to see that HP are providing a
> free Debian-for-Dummies wrapper for Itanium (http://hpde.linux.hp.com);
> I will be trying it on an eval soon. The one they did for Red Hat on
> Alpha wasn't perfect but got me halfway there. If you do try Red Hat on
> Alpha you should use it.
>
> Best of luck
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim and Kelly Younkin [mailto:jimandkelly@younkin.com]
> Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 7:36 PM
> To: debian-alpha@lists.debian.org
> Subject: RE: Debian Installer - Problems Partitioning
>
> Is there anything more I can do to get the necessary information for
> someone to be able to diagnosis the problem and suggest a solution?
>
> Should I try RedHat, or another flavor of Linux that supports Alpha?
>
> If I cannot get some version of Linux running on my Alpha by Tuesday I
> will have to order an Intel box. I have fallen way behind on this
> project.
>
> Thanks to all for you help.
>
> Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Langasek [mailto:vorlon@debian.org]
> Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 3:39 PM
> To: debian-alpha@lists.debian.org
> Cc: Helge Kreutzmann; Jim and Kelly Younkin
> Subject: Re: Debian Installer - Problems Partitioning
> Importance: Low
>
> On Sat, Jun 05, 2004 at 06:36:34PM +0200, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> > Hello,
> > On Sat, Jun 05, 2004 at 12:10:33PM -0400, Jim and Kelly Younkin wrote:
> > > I am ashamed to admit, but I *still* don't get how I am supposed to
> run
> > > FDISK so I can get to an FDISK prompt.
>
> > There is nothing to be ashamed of!
>
> > > ~# fdisk /dev/sda
> > > /bin/sh: ~fdisk: not found
>
> > I don't know the PATH on this busybox. Try
> > cd /sbin
> > ./fdisk /dev/sda
>
> > and then (after partitioning) return to the installer.
>
> This will absolutely not work, you must use devfs-style paths to all
> devices when running inside the debian installer.
>
> But this is an exercise in futility anyway -- if the disk could be seen
> by the kernel, partman would've let him partition it to begin with. It
> doesn't matter which partitioner he tries to use, he is *not* going to
> be able to partition the disk until we figure out why the DAC960 module
> won't load for him.
>
>
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