On Sat, 17 Mar 2012, Brian wrote:
On Sun 18 Mar 2012 at 01:37:41 +0800, Bret Busby wrote:I do not know whether the firmware is faulty (the IPW firmware) or the mirror settings within the downloaded netinst ISO, are bad. But, it does not work.If not a single mirror works for you it looks like a network problem. Could you beef up on the previous 'IPW something or other'? Was firmware asked for during the install? How did you provide it if it was? Any chance of knowing what the card is and whether you set up the network with DHCP? Cables plugged in tightly?
The IPW thing is the firmware required for the network adaptor. I think it is IPW200 or something similar.
That is why I had to use the firmware instal, and the only way availabl;e, is using the netinst ISO.
The instal process defaulted to setting up DHCP, but that did not work, as the LAN here uses static IP addresses this side of the firewall/gateway computer. I think that the modem/router uses DHCP, and it is thus DHCP from the modem/router to the firewall/gateway computer, and the firewall/gateway computer and everything this side of it, uses static IP addresses.
I checked the connections of the CAT5 cable between the NX500 (the laptop on which I have been trying to instal Debian 6) and the switch to which it connects (we are currently using two switches - one down this end of the house, and, onte at the other end of the house, that services the laptop and netbook and tablet computers.
The network adaptor in the NX5000, had worked without any problems, with Ubuntu 8.04 and Debian 5 (I think it was Debian 5, rather than Debian 4, that that computer had been running), previous to this installation attempt, and my wife had been using the switych, earlier this evening, without any problem, so the problem appears to be in the installation process.
-- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .............. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 ....................................................