Re: Installation problem on Dell Latitude D810
On Sat, Oct 06, 2012 at 03:02:17PM +0200, Cesar Enrique Garcia Dabo wrote:
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>
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to install Debian 6.0 on a rather "old" laptop Latitude D810.
> However it hangs when detecting network hardware using the graphical
> installer.
> On the same machine I was able to boot Fedora 17 without problems.
> I have tried also connecting an ethernet cable but it also hangs.
> The kernel messages on the same machine using kernel 3.5.3 from F17 are:
>
> [ 16.608061] tg3.c:v3.123 (March 21, 2012)
> [ 16.617814] tg3 0000:02:00.0: eth0: Tigon3 [partno(BCM95751) rev 4001] (PCI
> Express) MAC address 00:14:22:e2:2d:9a
> [ 16.617825] tg3 0000:02:00.0: eth0: attached PHY is 5750 (10/100/1000Base-T
> Ethernet) (WireSpeed[1], EEE[0])
> [ 16.617834] tg3 0000:02:00.0: eth0: RXcsums[1] LinkChgREG[0] MIirq[0]
> ASF[0] TSOcap[1]
> [ 16.617842] tg3 0000:02:00.0: eth0: dma_rwctrl[76180000] dma_mask[64-bit]
> ...
> [ 17.285950] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver,
> 1.2.2kmprq
> [ 17.285957] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
> [ 17.286183] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Network Connection
>
> I am using image debian-wheezy-DI-b1-i386-netinst.iso.
>
Squeeze is Debian 6.0. Are you using 6.0 or are you using Wheezy?
I've installed Squeeze on a Dell Latitude 810, using the text installer.
I always had to add 'vga=771' to the boot line, otherwise I got no
display.
-Rob
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