On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 18:54:55 -0400 Kent Dorfman <[email protected]> wrote:
> title says it all. > > There are no ethernet drivers in the modules directory for the > netinstall image, other than a single broadcomm file...and no, it's > not an obscure nic that requires custom firmware. It needs the humble > e1000 driver. > > I'm looking to replace fedora with something having better long term > support, and a "reasonable" amount of distributed and tracked > supplemental app packages. > > Been a fedora user for many years and just cannot handle the > ridiculously short release cycles and fast switches to new features > that I term as "solutions in search of a problem" anymore. Tried > centos8 but only about 30% of my needed apps have been built and > staged in repos. > > Would be nice if the netinstall actually worked so that I could better > evaluate whether to take debian seriously. > Did you: a) Do the 'expert' install? b) Have a DHCP server running on your network? The only circumstances I have ever seen in which networking did not get installed was in the absence of both those conditions, and many years ago. I do not know if the installer still behaves in this way, but I can't think of any other explanation. Obviously, the installer itself had network access. -- Joe
