On Fri 15 May 2020 at 16:03:12 (-0600), Charles Curley wrote:
> I have several fit-PC 1s.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fit-PC#fit-PC_1.0 I have done fresh
> installs of Buster on two, so it should work. But recently the net
> install ISO (debian-10.0.0-i386-netinst.iso) did not find the two
> Ethernet adapters.
I don't know why—mine did. It's a Pentium III (with pae). The only
firmware it "requires" is for the Yamaha sound, but because my 386
laptop needs a couple of bits, I always download the firmware version.
But the kernel package(s) contained within should be identical.
> root@chaffee:~# lspci -vs 00:0d.0
> 00:0d.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
> RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter (rev 10)
> Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast
> Ethernet Adapter
> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10
> I/O ports at f800 [size=256]
> Memory at e1014000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
> Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
> Kernel driver in use: 8139too
> Kernel modules: 8139cp, 8139too
>
> root@chaffee:~# lsmod | grep 8139
> 8139too 32768 0
> 8139cp 28672 0
> mii 16384 2 8139cp,8139too
> root@chaffee:~#
>
> These adapters do not require firmware.
>
> Two questions:
>
> * The netinst installer has supported these in the past, including, I
> believe, 10.0. Or am I mistaken, these are no longer supported.
These are the 10.0 kernels from
488636416 Jul 6 2019 firmware-10.0.0-i386-netinst.iso
in iso9660://pool/main/l/linux-signed-i386/
41860120 Jun 20 2019 linux-image-4.19.0-5-686-pae_4.19.37-5_i386.deb
41548424 Jun 20 2019 linux-image-4.19.0-5-686_4.19.37-5_i386.deb
which contain
CONTENTS/lib/modules/4.19.0-5-686-pae/kernel/drivers/net/
11344 Jun 19 2019 mii.ko
CONTENTS/lib/modules/4.19.0-5-686-pae/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/
39868 Jun 19 2019 8139cp.ko
49180 Jun 19 2019 8139too.ko
CONTENTS/lib/modules/4.19.0-5-686/kernel/drivers/net/
11344 Jun 19 2019 mii.ko
CONTENTS/lib/modules/4.19.0-5-686/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/
39476 Jun 19 2019 8139cp.ko
49052 Jun 19 2019 8139too.ko
> * I tried supplying the kernel modules from a working installation. The
> installer looked only at the device itself (/dev/sdb) and not at any
> partitions (/dev/sdb1, /dev/sdb2, etc). Even when I provided the
> drivers on a partitionless device (a USB floppy disk drive), it
> failed to find the modules. How do I set up the media so the
> installer can find the modules?
I didn't know the installer would find modules, only firmware.
I would try:
modprobe [--dump-modversions] [filename]
or
insmod [filename]
if modprobe can't load them from any old path (untested—
I've never had to do this).
Cheers,
David.
