The other day I installed debian-6.0.4-i386 on my backup computer and it
worked so well that I decided to install debian-6.0.4-amd64 on my main
computer.
The install begins smoothly but stops dead when looking for network
hardware.
The unseen hardware is Realtek RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit
Ethernet Controller.
The hardware which worked fine on my i386 machine is not Realtek but I
think Silicon Integrated Systems.
<http://dhost.info/baxic/debian-on-hp-probook-4520s/hw-spec.php#eth-card> tells
me this Reatek hardware "works fine". Like hell it does!
Where can I find out what ethernet cards will really work fine with squeeze.
I'll go and buy one to save myself a lot of hassle and frustration.
I have the latest realtek-firmware installed on my Linux Mint Debian
Edition which I have been using for some months; but that's no help when
installing squeeze from a CD-ROM on a different partition.
Any helpful advice would be appreciated.
Alan Kerns
