Hi all,
I am quite new with using community supports so please be patient and let me learn if something is wrong. Be sure that I search a week on the net to find a solution. I'm desesperated :)
summary :
I am trying to install a Debian "Squeeze" distribution with a netinstall on a CD media but the installation failed when detected the ethernet card (despite it should work with the e1000e driver which is included in Debian). It tried to go further without LAN, but seems to be an infite chain of problems : if I want to compile the driver I need to "apt-get" build tools for which I need Internet... So my strategy is to make the installer working.
hardware :
The target is an Advantech PCM-3362 card (quite the same content as a netbook without the wifi in a PC104 size)
http://www.advantech.com.tw/products/PCM-3362/mod_2B69DA4C-D506-4AEA-8CC3-F6E58E3CBC87.aspx
the aim is to embedded it in a mobile robot.
Its Ethernet controller is an Intel 82567V, which should be working with an e1000e driver
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=15817&ProdId=3003&lang=eng
You can find here a detailed article about the Advantech board, in particular its bus and component architecture at the end :
http://ruggedpcreview.com/3_components_advantech_pcm3362.html
lspci shows :
00:19.0 Ethernet controller : Intel Corporation 82567V-3 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 04)
00.1e.0 PCI bridge : Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f4)
and other things
details :
The installer broke when detecting the ethernet controller. I have a menu in which I can choose "e1000e" (and also "e100" "e1000"). when I choose it, the screen became blue, things happens (see below) and then the menu is back again as if it has not found my controller
In the the fourth console (ctrl+f4=installer log) I can read after hiting "e1000e" in the menu when "things happens":
_ ${date} kernel [$[time]] e1000e : Intel (R) PRO/1000 Network Driver -0.3.3.4-k4
_ ${date} kernel [$[time]] e1000e : Copyrigth (c) 1999-20008 Intel Corporation
_ ethdetect : insmod /lib/modules/2.6.30-2-484/kernel/drivers/net/e1000e/e1000e.ko
when I test in the installer console (ctrl+f2 or ctrl+f3) lsmod, I found the e1000e module (it was not here before I choose it in the ethernet detection menu). So everything seems to be correct.
I used an i386 version of debian whereas my CPU is an Atom 64b, I don't know if this is problematic
help :
So anyone could help me finding why this menu don't want to select my controller ?
thanks in advance for your attention