Bug#520767: Installation Report - Trouble with loading missing firmware

[Boris <boris@cation.de>]

Package: installation-reports

Boot method: Netinst-CD
Image version:
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.0/i386/iso-cd/debian-500-i386-netinst.iso
Date: Thursday, 2009 March, 19th

Machine: HP Server with Broadcom NetXtreme
Processor: XEON
Memory: 2 GB
Partitions: not yet

Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn):
not available

Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Initial boot:           [ ]
Detect network card:    [ ]
Configure network:      [X]
Detect CD:              [ ]
Load installer modules: [ ]
Detect hard drives:     [ ]
Partition hard drives:  [ ]
Install base system:    [ ]
Clock/timezone setup:   [ ]
User/password setup:    [ ]
Install tasks:          [ ]
Install boot loader:    [ ]
Overall install:        [ ]

Comments/Problems:
The Installer cannot inititialize the Broadcom NetXtreme LAN adapter
because the missing firmware bnx2-06-4.0.5.fw is non-free and not
available in the standard Debian Repository (or on the Netinstall-CD). I
did download the firmware from somewhere , untared it and placed it to
the root and to the directory /firmware on an USB-Stick in different
ways (placing the whole unpacked stuff there or placing the file itself
there) - with no success: The installer doesn't find the firmware. I
found, that the USB-Stick is not mounted automatically, so I mounted it
manually to /media/usb0. Found that a good idea, but still no success.


Regards,

Boris