Re: Debian Network install disk doesn't find NIC
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On 07/09/2010 07:42 PM, Gary L. Roach wrote:
> Hello everone;
> I just got my new i5 based DP55kg system up and running. I inserted a
> newly minted installation disk and selected the gui installation.
> Everything worked fine till the program declared:
>
> No ethernet card detected but a firewire interface is present. Do you
> want to used the firewire interface?
>
> There is a built in e1000e network interface on the board. When I
> selected NO to the firewire question and list of drivers popped up. One
> of the drivers was for e1000e. I selected this and the the program
> cycled back to the "No eaternet card" message.
>
> I have a driver disk for the motherboard but it looks like it's strictly
> for windows.
>
> Any suggestions
>
> Gary R.
>
Try the kmuto[1] installers. They have up-to-date kernels that are more
likely to support new hardware. If that is the case, just install the
lenny-backports kernel after installation is complete.
[1] http://kmuto.jp/debian/d-i/
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