On Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:43:24 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: > I find myself in an odd situation: > > - I have a box I use as a sandbox, at home - I've installed all kinds of > different distributions on it over the past couple of years > > - I recently installed OpenSuse with no problems, but then I tried to > reinstall Debian (Squeeze) off a CD-Rom, and the installer hangs when it > goes off to detect network hardware -- this is repeatable > > - if I just let it boot the OpenSuse distro that's currently on the hard > drive, everything comes up fine - so the NIC, DHCP on our home LAN, and > so forth all are working > > - so.... any thoughts on what might be going wrong, or how to track down > what's happening? > > note: I'm pretty sure that I installed Squeeze on this box at some > point, but it could be that the last Debian install was Lenny - and > recent discussion suggests that some of the network plumbing has > changed, perhaps in ways that are incompatible with my network card. > > Thanks for any suggestions.
Here's a suggestion: Next time you ask a question like this, tell us what NIC you have. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/j99g8q$4i9$1...@dough.gmane.org
