Re: BroadCom net card (bcm4400 kernel module) and sarge installer
I tried running the install in expert mode - I thought this might allow
me to specify "additional driver modules". It didn't quite:
- it detected the NIC happily,
- prior to the DHCP said it needed the b44 module loaded, good,
- then DHCP failed and when I tried to redetect the hardware b44 was
no longer in the list.
I have a wireless onboard NIC on this machine too (it's an Intel
Centrino-based laptop) - could this be causing problems? How does a
user ensure the appropriate NIC is used for install?
Thanks,
Rua HM.
Rua Haszard Morris wrote:
From: Adam Aube <aaube01@baker.edu>
Rua Haszard Morris wrote:
> >> I have a BroadCom 4400 NIC that is not being detected, leading to
> >> DHCP failing, leading to no additional .debs being available...
> > tg3 module contains support for BroadCom net cards
Cheers - I am guessing that now I simply need to "load additional driver
modules" and select tg3 early in the installation.. correct?
Yes - assuming the Sarge installer doesn't find it for you.
Aha - I just tried doing that - there doesn't seem to be an option "load
additional driver modules" (or anything like it) in the sarge installer.
Should there be?
I couldn't get to the list of modules that I'm used to seeing in the
qoody installer; it tries to autodetect first. When I manually chose it
"Detect hardware" again, after the DHCP failed, i was able to choose
from a 'list' of modules - but only the one it had detected apparently
("Linux floppy") (which is funny because the machine has no floppy!).
Should I be emailing this to debian-boot as well? I think so...
(conesquently there's a little summary above)
Thanks for the help so far, I'm not giving up ! (But I am about to
install Knoppix in the meantime)
Cheers,
Rua HM.
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Rua Haszard Morris
Software Engineer & Research Assistant
MARCS Auditory Laboratories
University of Western Sydney
http://marcs.uws.edu.au
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