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The other day I installed debian-6.0.4-i386 on my
backup computer and it worked so well that I decided to install debian-6.0.4-amd64 on my main computer. The install begins smoothly but stops dead when looking for network hardware. The unseen hardware is Realtek RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller. The hardware which worked fine on my i386 machine is not Realtek but I think Silicon Integrated Systems. <http://dhost.info/baxic/debian-on-hp-probook-4520s/hw-spec.php#eth-card> tells me this Reatek hardware "works fine". Like hell it does! Where can I find out what ethernet cards will really work fine with squeeze. I'll go and buy one to save myself a lot of hassle and frustration. I have the latest realtek-firmware installed on my Linux Mint Debian Edition which I have been using for some months; but that's no help when installing squeeze from a CD-ROM on a different partition. Any helpful advice would be appreciated. Alan Kerns |