Package: debian-installer Version: Debian 7.1 (wheezy) installer DVD 1 Severity: normal
I report a bug affecting the installation of Debian 7.1 on that same computer. (Note that I report the bug from a different computer, which has network access.) The DVD is: Debian GNU/Linux 7.1.0 "Wheezy" - Official i386 DVD Binary-1, 20130615-21:54 Historic sidenote: Installation and card support worked with Debian 6.0. The pcnet_cs driver was successfully used there. What I did: I use the dist DVD#1 on a slightly older PC, where ethernet is provided using a PCMCIA card. When the installer tries to identify network hardware, the pop-up appears asking me to choose the card. However, when I opt for the pcnet_cs driver for NE2000 compatible cards (happily used before by Debian 6.0), the probing apparently does not identify the card and the pop-up choice reappears. Diagnosis: In the installation log terminal (tty4) I found a message: chdir to /etc/pcmcia failed: No such file or directory. Indeed, /etc/pcmcia did not exist. A dir-listing of /etc showed instead a directory /etc/pcmciautils. Workaround: In a shell in the installation environment (tty2) I created a link: cd /etc ln -s pcmciautils pcmcia Then back in the installer menu (tty1), I go back to re-try the automatic detection of network card. With the modification made, network configuration succeeded and the subsequent DHCP query, too. -- System Information: Debian Release: 7.1 Architecture: i386 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
