Bug#220971: installation-reports: Trouble installing with ISA NE2000 network card
Package: installation-reports
Severity: normal
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: 2004 November 12, gotten from
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer
uname -a: Linux localhost 2.4.22-1-586tsc #5 Sat Oct 4 14:32:35 EST 2003 i586
Date: 2004 November 12, 03:00
Method: Booted of floppies, installed by network, no proxy,
http://ftp.no.debian.org
Machine: Evercom Pentium System
Processor: Pentium 100
Memory: 48 MB
Root Device: IDE /dev/hda, no other discs
Root Size/partition table: 1180MB, N/A
Output of lspci: N/A
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [E]
Config network: [O]
Detect CD: [ ]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Reboot: [O]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
This machine has a isa ne2000-compatible network card, which works with
the ne module provided by the net driver floppy. However, the installer
doesn't ask for module parameters when run with normal priority, and
there is no way to use the ne module without giving at least an io
parameter. I solved this by dropping to the command line, modprobing it
in, and then running the Detect Network Hardware step again to tell d-i
i had network, but then d-i knows nothing about how to load the module
at the next system startup.
Related: When network card detection fails, the user is presented with a
list of linux network card kernel modules. However, for a person who
isn't already using linux, these names have no meaning. It would be
better if the installer listed common network cards each module
supports in addition to the module name.
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