Re: Bug#352758: -- installation: "etch" installer fails to detect/configure PC card NIC
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 05:42:09PM EST, Holger Wansing wrote:
> I'm very sorry for the long delay on this!
And so you should be..! :-)
> I would prefer to create a FAT filesystem and copy the file to it.
You are right.. I tried to create a /lib/firmware/3CCFEM56.cis on an old
floppy with an ext2 file system, no joy.
> As I already wrote: the procedere is documented on
>
> http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/ch06s04.html
You did! And apologies for missing that..
The document actually explains precisely what you need to do to create
the 'external medium', where to put the file, etc. which I did not
expect.
Anyway, after fumbling with dosfstools, fsck.vfat, mksf.vfat, and all
that stuff I never knew even existed, I was able to figure it out.
I booted the squeeeze netinst again and after being prompted for the
.cis file and inserting the vfat floppy, after a long hesitation, I saw
some dhcp messages flash by and the green light on the dongle of my NIC
came on.
I switched to a shell and proceeded to wget http://www.debian.org just
to be on the safe side and that worked like a charm.
So I think that we now have evidence that the installer is able to
initialize the NIC and bring up up the network, provided you have the
.cis file somewhere on external media.
If it turns out that the .cis file cannot be packaged with the
installer, a help button, or even precise info directly on the screen
that prompts you to to load the .cis file would be worth considering.
I've lived with this problem for a couple of years so I know what's
going on, but this might not be the case for other users.
Unless you want me to test further, this leave me to thank you for your
patience.
Have a nice weekend!
CJ
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