Quoting Thomas Otto (thomas.otto@exedio.com): > Package: installation-reports > > Boot method: Squeeze Netinst CD AMD64 alpha1 > Image version: alpha1 > Date: 27.Aug 2010 > > Machine: Dell Poweredge R710 > Processor: Xeon X5600 Series > Memory: 32GB > Partitions: makes no sense here > > Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn): > installation failes so, makes no sense here. > > Base System Installation Checklist: > [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it > > Initial boot: [O] > Detect network card: [E] > Configure network: [ ] > 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: > > All Dell R710 Servers contain a Broadcom network card. For that we need the bnx2 driver which requires some firmware > files. These firmware files should reside inside a bnx2/firmwarename subdirectory. If i put all required file on an USB-Stick > for third-party driver installation then the firmware-files are not correctly copied to /lib/firmware/bnx2 but instead to /lib/firmware and only one of them. > So the third-party driver installation failes. And obviously the netinstall too. 8-) This is apparently bug 572785, which was fixed in hw-detect 1.77. Could you try using a *daily built* *netboot* image from http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer?
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