Re: Installation on Asus K8N4-E Deluxe still fails
On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 10:23:01AM +0200, Kv237 wrote:
> Installation report
> Installation image: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/amd64/iso-cd/debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso
> Download date 2006-10-10
>
> 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+
> Ram memory: 1024 MB
>
> Installation status: FAILED
>
> The installation attempts consistently failed in the installation step "Identify network hardware", 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 attempted 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 attempts 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.
>
> The formal language is deliberately chosen in an attempt to create a concise and complete report.
>
> With my best regards,
>
> Sören Jonsson, MSc Computer Science
You could try a BIOS upgrade if you haven't already made sure it is up
to date. Apparently a lot of nvidia boards have some bios mistakes when
setting up the ethernet (such as getting the MAC address backwards)
which can confuse the driver.
Does ifconfig -a from console 2 show eth0 and eth1 as present? Maybe it
is dhcp that is failing instead.
--
Len Sorensen
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