Hi On Saturday 28 November 2009, Emmanuel Blot wrote: > Package: netinstall > Version: sorry, don't know how to obtain that info, see below for the > package reference and date. > > Hardware: > Intel D945GSEJT, Atom processor N270 @1.60Ghz, 1GB DDR2 > Technical specs: > http://downloadmirror.intel.com/17597/eng/D945GSEJT_TechProdSpec.pdf > > Software: > Debian netinstall dated 05-09-09 04:25, downloaded from > http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/ > Linux kernel: 2.6.26-2-486 #1 Wed Aug 19 05:40:02 UTC 2009 [...] The Intel D945GSEJT mainboard ships with a RealTek rtl8168d network card, which wasn't supported before kernel 2.6.31. Be aware that starting with Debian's kernel 2.6.32, you'll need a binary firmware as well (rtl8168d-1.fw and rtl8168d-2.fw), which are not available yet. > :eth0: RTL8169 at 0xf8820000, 00:1c:c0:xx:xx:xx, XID 281000c0 IRQ 219 this seems to be a rtl8168d-2. > "r8169: eth0: link down", while the physical link is actually plugged in: > * status leds on Ethernet socket are green, > * status leds on the peer switch device to which the device is > connected are green as well > > lspci reports: > "01.00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. > RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 03)" > > > I don't think the issue is related to the environment, as on the very > same hardware environment and the same PXE/DHCP server, the Ubuntu > 9.10 net installation successfully completes under the same > conditions. > > Let me know if you need more details. Regards Stefan Lippers-Hollmann
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