Re: Debian (and Ubuntu) not installing. No CDRom.

[Richard G Riley <rileyrgdev@googlemail.com>]

Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com> writes:

> On Mon, Sep 10, 2007 at 06:16:26PM +0200, Richard G Riley wrote:
>> 
>> In the end I replaced the IDE DVD drive with a SATA and it
>> worked. Unfortunately Debian still would not install as it failed to
>> recognise the onboard ethernet controller next.
>
> Which controller is that?  Can you provide lspci output?
>
>> I finally succeeded in installing Ubuntu Feisty 7.04. Interestingly
>> Gutsy wouldn't install.
>
> Which driver did Feisty use?

Sorry not to be more specific - it was a long weekend of DVD
juggling. Ubuntu Feisty is the only distro I could get to install
though.

lspci give this ethernet information

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| 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. L1 Gigabit
| Ethernet Adapter (rev b0)
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If you need any more information please let me know with instructions on
the best way to obtain it.

The motherboard is an Asus p5k SE with 2 gigs on board. Onboard sound
works fine.

The full lspci output is here:

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| 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 29c0 (rev 02)
| 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 29c1 (rev 02)
| 00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2937 (rev 02)
| 00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2938 (rev 02)
| 00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2939 (rev 02)
| 00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Unknown device 293c (rev 02)
| 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Unknown device 293e (rev 02)
| 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2940 (rev 02)
| 00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2948 (rev 02)
| 00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 294a (rev 02)
| 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2934 (rev 02)
| 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2935 (rev 02)
| 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2936 (rev 02)
| 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Unknown device 293a (rev 02)
| 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 92)
| 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2918 (rev 02)
| 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2921 (rev 02)
| 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2930 (rev 02)
| 00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2926 (rev 02)
| 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0193 (rev a2)
| 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. L1 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (rev b0)
| 03:00.0 IDE interface: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Unknown device 6121 (rev b1)
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