Thanks Scott.
This gets more fascinating and bizarre.
Option (1) seems to require implementation from within a working system
the same as the target system for the installer.
So to Option (2). Accessing the website and each subdirectory was
agonizingly slow. But we got there in the end. And
<firmware-6.0.4-amd64-netinst.iso> was downloaded, md5sum checked, and
burnt to a CD.
Thence to installation - and the same deadstop occurred when searching
for network hardware.
When I got to ejecting the CD, I noticed the file manager named it
<debian-6.0.4-amd64-netinst.iso>.
That is: it was actually the standard installer.
Flabergasted, I very carefully repeated the procedure with precisely the
same outcome.
Dear oh dear, what the hell is going on here? Are there saboteurs at
work? Paranoid question - but it makes no sense: the live DVD boots OK,
so must include the non-free firmware, but the installer launched from
within the live DVD cannot access the firmware that is on the DVD.
The hours wasted, and the mounting frustration, lead me to ask again:
what ethernet card(s) will definitely work with the standard installer?
Cheers
Alan Kerns
On 03/25/2012 03:57 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote:
On 25/03/12 16:43, Alan Kerns wrote:
Realtek RTL8111/8168B
As you've noted - that card requires firmware, you can build an
installer that contains it[*1] or download one[*2].
If you have managed to install the base system you just need the
firmware-realtek package from non-free:-
http://debian.lcs.mit.edu/debian/pool/non-free/f/firmware-nonfree/firmware-realtek_0.28+squeeze1_all.deb
[*1]
http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/NetbootFirmware
[*2]
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/firmware/
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/
Please don't post in HTML.
Kind regards