* Philippe Clérié <phili...@gcal.net> [2016-06-15 18:40]: > I have been unable to bring up Debian on my DreamPlug with recent Jessie and > Stretch installers. That DreamPlug has been in use for several years now > with no problems.
Does this problem still exist? (IIRC, there was a problem with DreaPlug some time ago but I think it got fixed before you reported this issue.) > Anyway, here is the sequence of events, as it were: > > - eth0 is plugged into a switch > - Plug in to power > - uboot starts but eth0 remains down > - Linux loads and the interface is brought up (lights on) > - Installer starts with language choice. Select English > - Installer then starts detecting hardware: eth0 goes down > - Installer attempts to get DHCP address: eth0 stays down > > And it stays down no matter how often I try or whether I ignore it or > whether I configure manually. > > I've confirmed that u-boot env does contain mac addresses for both > interfaces. > > u-boot version: > > U-Boot 2013.01.01 (May 10 2013 - 06:32:54) > Marvell-DreamPlug > gcc (Debian 4.6.3-12) 4.6.3 > GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.22 > > I tried this with current installers (downloaded today) on ftp.us.debian.org > for Jessie and Stretch. > > Thanks for any clues. > > > -- > Philippe > > ------ > The trouble with common sense it that it is so uncommon. > <Anonymous> -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/
