Danny Seth wrote:
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.
I'm thinking a kernel from Lenny backports will support your net card
www.backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=instructions , the easy thing to
do is to drop in an older pci network card that will be supported by
your current kernel.
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