On 31/08/2011, D G Teed <donald.t...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 11:16 AM, Andrew McGlashan >> >> >> I cannot believe this thread is still going -- it is way beyond funny now >> it's ludicrous to say the least!!!! >> >> Your Ethernet device is broken and if it is not broken, then get someone >> else to fix this problem for you as you are only going around in circles >> and >> getting nowhere. >> >> >> > I should add, your earlier suggestion to boot from a Live CD is a very good > one. > > It would provide a very quick method to determine if the hardware > or the OS install was faulty. If the Live CD works to get on the 'net, > then the notebook hardware is fine and the install/configuration is botched. > Yes, I wanted to try this earlier, but had no way to download an iso.
But, as things have turned out, there's no longer a problem. As the wheezy weekly build netinstall couldn't seem to see the XP partition on the PC, I was forced to install Debian on the laptop. I did an expert install and besides not selecting kernel options like remote install through ssh, I also foregoed ppp and pppd-udeb installs. Dhcp picked up the router during network detection automagically and I'm posting this from the laptop on a wheezy install on a stable, consistent connection. My humble thanks to all for the time and trouble they've put in. It has been much appreciated. Regards, Weaver. -- Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful. — Lucius Annæus Seneca. Terrorism, the new religion. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAPeXKO2Po6A3iQ+s9MM6zL6+7bdVgKHVK74_=Ogs=2yoadt...@mail.gmail.com
