cga wrote:
I tried a net install with the current etch iso image and the
installer seems to have trouble recognizing my 3com PC card (LAN +
56K). It asks me whether I would like to do the install through the
firewire interface, which sounds like a "last resort" attempt and is
probably not relevant. The laptop does not even have a firewire port
so I reply "no" and the installer proceeds to ask me if I would like
to do the configuration manually and presents me with a list of
modules. I select the correct 3574c module but the installer takes me
back to the screen that informs me that it cannot not find the nic..
would I like to select the module manually.. etc. Only way I can get
out of this is by hitting Escape. The installer then takes me to the
next step (partitioning the hard drive) .. which is where I abort the
installation.
I searched google & found a couple of laptop users who had experienced
the same problem over the last year or so, but no resolution.
I use the default install - ie. I just hit enter at the boot prompt.
Wondering if there's anything I need to specify when I start the
install to indicate that I need to enable pcmcia..?
Incidentally I did a sarge "net install" prior to this and did not run
into any problem.
Quick update and additional questions:
1. tried with the etch full-cd #1 with identical results.
2. tried the sarge netinstall and I get a message to the effect that PC
card services start successfully. I never get to see the "no nic found"
error message and the install proceeds automatically to the disk
partitioning screen. At this point I went back to the main menu and I
started an ash shell where I was able to verify that I can access the
network - I did a wget of the debian.org home page. Everything works as
expected both with the default install and the "linux26" install.
3. went back to the etch netinstall and after some fiddling with the
different options relative to the network - amounted to manually loading
the 3c574 module as requested.. backing out of the "firewire loop" and
manually selecting the "configure network" option on the main menu.. I
was also able to wget the debian.org page.
So it appears that there is a minor problem (non-problem?) with the etch
installer where PC cards are concerned. I have to assume that the
install would be successful after this since I did not go any further so
I have no evidence that the install would proceed normally. I do have my
doubts concerning pcmcia and network setup, though..
So, not being familiar with debian I'm not sure if I should report this
as a bug or check whether this has already been reported - quite likely
since this is by no means exotic hardware.. chances are someone has run
into this problem before me and reported it.
In any case as far as my particular hardware is concerned there appears
to have been some regression in hardware recognition between etch and sarge.
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