Re: Install on new iMac - Ethernet?

[Mike Hore <mike_hore@aapt.net.au>]

On 6/08/11 1:01 AM, Camaleón wrote:

> On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:03:26 +1000, Mike Hore wrote:
>
> > I've tried installing Squeeze (via NetInstall) on a brand new iMac
> > (Intel i5 processor), but early on it tells me it can't find an Ethernet
> > connection.  It gives me a big list of drivers to choose from, but I
> > can't see my Ethernet card there (Broadcom 57765-BO).  So I can't
> > proceed further.  Is this a known problem?  Should I try a weekly
> > Testing build?
>
> You may need to install a backported/updated kernel. It seems that
> support for that card was included in kernel 2.6.34:
>
> ***
> http://wiki.debian.org/MacMiniIntel#Known_Issues

Thanks -- I was planning on switching to Wheezy anyway, so I'll try the 
Wheezy netinstall.

> (...)
>
> Two things prevent Debian from working flawlessly on (June 2010 model)
> Mac Mini. First is that Nvidia MCP89 is broken. Second is that BCM57765
> ethernet chipset support first appears in 2.6.34.
>
> Both issues can be solved by upgrading to linux kernel 2.6.35. After
> that, everything in squeeze/i386 seems to be working fine (2010-08-28).
> ***
>
> Greetings,

Cheers,  Mike.

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          Mike Hore        mike_hore@aapt.net.au
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