Re: Debian live CD does not support intel I217-LM

2016-10-26 Thread Mark Fletcher
On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 12:12:34PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 09:19:04PM -0400, Noel De Sousa wrote:
> >Will debian live x64 support the I217 Intel network card. Currently it does
> >not and this is keeping a few small businesses, I support from moving to
> >debian.
> 
> Hi Noel,
> 
> I'm surprised it doesn't work - the e1000e driver in Jessie (8.x)
> claims to support the I217. What symptoms are you seeing?
> 
> You might also get better help on the debian-user mailing list. Adding
> a CC there.
> 

It couldn't simply be that it needs firmware from non-free, could it? 
Grab the install image that includes firmware and try that.

Mark



Re: Debian live CD does not support intel I217-LM

2016-10-26 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 09:19:04PM -0400, Noel De Sousa wrote:
>Will debian live x64 support the I217 Intel network card. Currently it does
>not and this is keeping a few small businesses, I support from moving to
>debian.

Hi Noel,

I'm surprised it doesn't work - the e1000e driver in Jessie (8.x)
claims to support the I217. What symptoms are you seeing?

You might also get better help on the debian-user mailing list. Adding
a CC there.

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