Re: NOT ANSWERED asus a7n8x built in nic and intel pro 100 S nic

[Ian L <debhelp@merk.caltech.edu>]

At 03:16 PM 9/29/2004, you wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 14:49:11 -0700
> Ian L <debhelp@merk.caltech.edu> wrote:
>
> > >You don't mention which netinst cd you're using. Is it rc1 or a daily
> > >build or something else? If you're using rc1, you can probably solve
> > >your problem by using one of the latest daily builds - worked great
> > >for me recently installing on a DFI motherboard with a builtin Nforce
> > >NIC.
> >
> > Its a daily netinst. I just booted off the disc to check and the build
> > is 20040927.
>
> Ok, good.
>
> > >If you're already using a recent daily build and having these
> > >problems, it sounds like you need to escape to a console- Ctrl-F2 and
> > >run ifconfig and lsmod to see which of your ethernet cards it's
> > >recognizing and trying to setup. If you're not sure what to do here,
> > >send us the output from 'ifconfig', 'ifconfig -a' and 'lsmod' and
> > >we'll try to give you more specific instructions.
> >
> > At what point do i hit ctrl-f2? If i select not to use dhcp, it
> > prompts me to enter an IP address. I tried filling in 192.168.0.100
> > and letting it proceed from there, but it hangs after i enter in all
> > the IP info. If i skip the network setup entirely (i let it detect the
> > hardware, just skiped network settings) i can then continue along with
> > the install.
>
> I would do it right after filling in the networking information manually
> or it fails to get information from dhcp; whichever way you can
> accomplish it best without a crash.

ctrl-f2 didnt do anything. It usually crashed if i let it try to use DHCP 
or if i enter in some IP info manually. Actually, i guess i shouldnt say 
crash, it freezes. Stops responding, no visible error message.

From the install menu i can scroll down and select escape to shell, but 
its a minimal shell with a handful of commands

> This really sounds like you need to file a bug against debian-installer.
> This is the kind of stuff they want to get fixed (especially the
> crashes!) before the 'big release' which is supposed to happen any day
> now. :-)

Just point me to link ... i tried looking in their bug archive before, but 
i dont think i found a link to post a new bug.


> > Also, i dont know if this is related or not, but everytime it prompts
> > me to load modules, it seems to want to load every IDE chipset module
> > it has.
>
> I noticed that in my recent installs as well, though it didn't have any
> negative effects for me.
>
> HTH,
> Jacob

Ok

thanks again,

Ian