Re: Support of Ethernet card Broadcom

[Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au>]

Hi Bruno,

Bruno Costacurta wrote:
> I bought an Acer (model 4750) and tried to install on it Squeeze image 
> i386 CD-ROM.
> During the network hardware detection the Ethernet card Broadcom (model 
> Netlink BCM57785) is not recognized (note : I identified this model 
> using an Ubuntu 11.04 live DVD).
> I suppose it is simply not included in the Squeeze image i386 CD-Rom I 
> used.

First off, Debian's position on non-free is here [1].

> My questions is does Debian propose a package supporting Ethernet card 
> Broadcom BCM57785 ? If yes is there an image containing it (eg. CD 
> versus DVD images packages list) ?

Yes, try here [2] -- unofficial ....  multi-arch covers 32 and 64 bit, 
so if you really only want the 32 bit version, choose the right link.



[1] http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#nonfree

[2] 
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/6.0.2.1/multi-arch/iso-cd/
&
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/6.0.2.1/i386/iso-cd/


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Kind Regards
AndrewM

Andrew McGlashan