Bug#558316: netinstall fails with a Realtek RTL8169 Gigabit Ethernet card
On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 01:27:50PM +0100, Stefan Lippers-Hollmann wrote:
> 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.
Emmanuel,
you could try the alpha1 installer of the upcoming Squeeze release:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2010/02/msg00011.html
(You might need to run a DVD-based installation, though. I'm not sure
of the net installer is able to cope with the external non-free firmware)
Cheers,
Moritz
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