hi there,

I just got a new dell 580s with windows 7 and I3-530 processor. I
partitioned the drive within windows and proceeded to install debian using
the latest x86 net disk (I burnt the latest 150M ISO to a CD for the
installation). Everythng goes fine except that it fails to detect the
ethernet adapter. I'm then prompted to pick a driver from a long list.

I called Dell to ask which adapter I had inside and they said it was the
Broadcom 57788. I couldn't find this exact model number on broadcom's
website but from their website I learnt that they have a bunch of drivers
like tg3, bnx2 and b44. I tried all three but none works.
(http://www.broadcom.com/support/ethernet_nic/downloaddrivers.php)

I proceed with the install without network thinking it may work afterwords
and was able to log in as root, etc. However, without the network support I
can't do much.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thank you,

- Danny

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