Failed instalation on an Asus K8N4-E Deluxe
Installation report
Installation image: Debian testing AMD64 built 2006-10-01
Installation attempts: 5
Hardware
Motherboard: Asus K8N4-E Deluxe
Chipset: Nvidia nForce 4-4X
Built in ethernet controller: Marwell 88E81111 Gigabit Lan PHY
Additional ethernet controller: D-Link DFE 530 TX 10/100 ethernet controller
CPU: AMD64 3200+
Installation status: FAILED+
The installation attempts consistently failed when the network adapter should be
selected, with the message "No ethernet card was detected...".
In an attempt to resolve this, first the forcedeth driver was selected manualy and then the via-rhine driver. In both cases the installation program responded
with the same message. This procedure was attempted on all five installation
attempts.
The forcedeth was tried since it is the recomended driver for nForce mobos,
and the via-rhine since it is the recommended driver for the D-link card.
During the installation attempt it was noted that the forcedeth driver was
named "forcedeth: nVidia nForce (2) 10/100 Ethernet adapter". A starting point
might therefore be to investigate if this is the latest version of forcedeth.
Another point to investigate is possibly an incompatibility between the
netinst software and the chipset.
With my best regards,
Sören Jonsson, MSc Computer Science
Sweden
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