Hi, thanks for your report and your usability analysis for the installation. Please take a look on the manual, there is a chapter about missing firmware [1]. Does it answers your notes regarding firmware?
1 - http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.amd64/ch06s04.html A Quarta 10 Novembro 2010 20:49:09 Greg Wooledge você escreveu: > Package: installation-reports > > Boot method: CD (squeeze beta 1 netinst) > Image version: > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/squeeze_di_beta1/amd64/iso-cd/debian-squ > eeze-di-beta1-amd64-netinst.iso Date: 2010-11-10 > > Machine: Dell PowerEdge R815 > Processor: multiple Opteron 6128 > Memory: 4 GB > Partitions: defaults using guided LVM, but I'm modifying them > [...] > This worked flawlessly except for the non-free NICs, which required > firmware. I didn't have the firmware burned to a CD-R at the time of > the installation, so I had to do that, and then manually attempt to > pick up the leftover pieces after the installation. Specifically: > > * I had to know how to extract the firmware debs from the tarball, > build an ISO image of them, burn that image to a CD, and mount it > on the target system. > > * I had to know how to install a .deb file from the mounted CD. (And to > identify which file I actually needed. Fortunately the copious number > of "can't find bnx2/... firmware" errors seen throughout the process > were enough for me to figure that out.) > > * I had to know how to rmmod and then modprobe the driver module > (although I suppose rebooting might have sufficed there). > > * I had to know how to configure /etc/network/interfaces to configure > eth0 in DHCP client mode, and to run "ifup eth0" to make it start > running. (Again, a reboot might work for the latter part.) > > * I had to know how to put a package repository into /etc/apt/sources.list > by hand ("man sources.list" has a sample, thank goodness) since there > is no longer a post-installation "apt-setup" command. [...] -- Melhores cumprimentos/Best regards, Miguel Figueiredo http://www.DebianPT.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201011102135.01364.el...@debianpt.org
