> I used the default boot method : just pressed ENTER without any boot parameter. > Then I chose english when prompted for a language. Then I chose France when > prompted for a country. Then I chose French when prompted for the keyboard > layout. Then the installation process went on whithout prompting until I got > this error message : > > "[!] Detect network hardware > No Ethernet card was detected, but a FireWire interface is present. It's > possible, though unlikely, that with the right FireWire hardware connected to > it, this could be your primary Ethernet interface. > Do you intend to use FireWire Ethernet? > <Yes> <No>" > > Meaning the Debian installer was unable to detect any of the 2 network interface > cards inside my computer : 1 Gigabit Marvell 88E1111 LAN controller embeded on > the motherboard and 1 10/100 Megabit netgear FA311 LAN controller on a PCI slot. Other developers: is looking at discover-data HW database and add the relevant info still worth it now? > > I answered no to the question since I have no FireWire Ethernet. Then I was > presented with a list of ethernet cards drivers : I found nothing self > explanatory enough in this list to help me make a choice, if ever an item in the > list was relevant. From an lsmod in Ubuntu I found that forcedeth was probably > the module I needed; but each attempt to load it from the Debian Installer failed. > > The Debian Installer developpers should ask Unbuntu ones how to proceed to > recognize these NICs since I was able to get the above lspci and lspci -n > results from an Ubuntu installation. You being able to list the interfaces with lspci does not mean that D-I can easily recognize them and, more, load a driver for them. For instance, if the driver for such interfaces is non free, there is currently no chance that we can use it. Actually, the very same lspci could have been done in VT2 of D-I and give the same result. Please note that your lspci only lists ONE Ethernet interface card, not two. Ubuntu developers==D-I developers when it comes at the installer. That's why your sentence sounds funny. > list was relevant. From an lsmod in Ubuntu I found that forcedeth was probably > the module I needed; but each attempt to load it from the Debian Installer failed. Are you entirely sure that this driver is the one driving one of your interface cards�? If so, which one of both�? > > What really disappointed me about the current Debian installer is that even my > "old" Knoppix 3.9 was able to correctly detect and install those NICs. So? > > Since both Knopix and Ubuntu are based on Debian, the information needed to > correct the Debian installer is available from these distros. Yeah. Maybe..... > > Thanks in advance for your help and, maybe, a quick fix. > > Julius LAWSON DAKU. > > > Nota Bene : that would be nice if the Debian team agreed to anonymize the > headers of the emails posted on public places like this one in order to not > expose contributors email adresses to spamers ! Why? We want to be able to interact with our users and not do wild guess about the way to contact them. If you contribute in a public place, you should expect your address being "exposed", sorry for this.
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