Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: d-i beta 3 uname -a: Linux 2.4.25-1-386 #1 Tue Feb 24 08:11:13 EST 2004 i586 unknown Date: 9 Mar 2004 Method: Boot Floppies
Machine: DEC Venturis FX2 (P166) Processor: Pentium 166 Memory: 64MB Root Device: IDE /dev/hda Root Size/partition table: Output of lspci: lspci not available during initial install Base System Installation Checklist: Initial boot worked: [O] Configure network HW: [E] Config network: [O] Detect CD: [ ] Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [O] Create file systems: [O] Mount partitions: [O] Install base system: [O] Install boot loader: [O] Reboot: [O] [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Comments/Problems: This bug report is similar to one I sent in a month or so ago...the machine I am installing to is using an Intel Eepro10 (82595) network card. This is an ISA PnP device but PnP never works with linux so PnP has been manually set to 'off' in the cards eeprom. d-i cannot auto detect this card it seems (which is reasonable), so you are presented with a huge list of odd names which are meant to represent available network card modules... ...by the way, I've been using linux long enough to know most of these modules, but surely we can make it a little easier on the newbie by plonking descriptions of cards which commonly use a module to the right of the module name? Who would guess for instance that 'b44' is for a broadcom NIC? Anyway, I know I have to use the eepro module for this NIC, but when I select it from the list the module fails to load, a bit more hardware detection ensues then I'm presented with the list again. Of course the problem is that the module wants some parameters, in this case it wants "io=0xYYY", this can be done with an 'insmod' from TTY2, but newbies won't know this. I filed a bug against module 'ne' for the same problem and it appears to have been fixed, can we do the same for eepro if the module load fails? I imagine almost all ISA based NIC's (even some PnP types) will fail in this way so this bug report should possibly ripple out to all ISA NIC based modules that will be present on the d-i media. Best regards, Craig -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
