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  • Bug#265612: missing modules for pcnet32 and rtl8139 NIC

    From Simon Schoar@1:229/2 to All on Sat Aug 14 01:40:09 2004
    XPost: linux.debian.maint.boot
    From: [email protected]

    Package: installation-reports

    Debian-installer-version: RC1 http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/i386/rc1/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
    and daily 2004-08-14 http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/i386/current/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
    Date: 2004-08-14
    Method: boot from cd

    Machine: noname pc
    Processor: PIII 350Mhz
    Memory: 512MB
    Root Device: IDE, /dev/hda

    Output of lspci:
    not possible at the moment, sorry

    Base System Installation Checklist:

    Initial boot worked: [O]
    Configure network HW: [ ]
    Config network: [ ]
    Detect CD: [O]
    Load installer modules: [ ]
    Detect hard drives: [ ]
    Partition hard drives: [ ]
    Create file systems: [ ]
    Mount partitions: [ ]
    Install base system: [ ]
    Install boot loader: [ ]
    Reboot: [ ]
    [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

    Comments/Problems:

    I tried 2 different NIC PCI cards, but the installer couldnt load the modules for them. Both cards usually work fine under linux (eg woody).

    - noname card (PCnet-PCI II/pcnet32)
    - Level One FNC-0107TX (RTL8139D/rtl8139too)

    Log:
    hw-detect: Detected discover version 1, installing discover1
    hw-detect: Missing modules '...., pcnet32..., 8139too..., ...'

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  • From Joey Hess@1:229/2 to Simon Schoar on Sat Aug 14 04:00:08 2004
    XPost: linux.debian.maint.boot
    From: [email protected]

    Simon Schoar wrote:
    Package: installation-reports

    Debian-installer-version: RC1 http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/i386/rc1/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
    and daily 2004-08-14 http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/i386/current/sarge-i386-netinst.iso

    I tried 2 different NIC PCI cards, but the installer couldnt load the modules
    for them. Both cards usually work fine under linux (eg woody).

    - noname card (PCnet-PCI II/pcnet32)
    - Level One FNC-0107TX (RTL8139D/rtl8139too)

    Log:
    hw-detect: Detected discover version 1, installing discover1
    hw-detect: Missing modules '...., pcnet32..., 8139too..., ...'

    Both of these images contain the pcnet32 and 8139too modules. The
    modules are only available to the installer once it has done a firt pass
    at detecting hardware, mounted the CD, and loaded the rest of the
    installer components from the CD. Then it should do a second phase of
    hardware detection, and load your NIC modules.

    So the log message you included is not really helpful, it just shows the installer printing an informational messages about the modules not yet
    being available during the first stage of hardware detection. Whatever
    your real problem is, it's somewhere else, probably further down in the
    log, or in the kernel's dmesg output. Please describe exactly what point
    you are in the install when you see the problem, what error message is displated to you, and send us the full set of logs from the install.

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  • From Simon Schoar@1:229/2 to you on Sat Aug 14 14:00:12 2004
    XPost: linux.debian.maint.boot
    From: [email protected]

    On Saturday 14 August 2004 03:30, you wrote:

    Both of these images contain the pcnet32 and 8139too modules. The
    modules are only available to the installer once it has done a firt pass
    at detecting hardware, mounted the CD, and loaded the rest of the
    installer components from the CD. Then it should do a second phase of hardware detection, and load your NIC modules.

    Ah, i see, i tried a different CD-Rom Device and it worked fine.

    I believe that the error message i got was a bit confusing.
    My Problem occured while "determing hardware to find cdrom drives", the installer said "your installation cdrom couldnt be mounted, try again?". Then another message appeared "failed to find and mount a debian cdrom. you may be able to install debian without a cdrom, by using an alternate source such as
    a network".

    I believed that its ok for a netinst image to fail finding any further install images, because i wanted to do an installation by downloading packages from
    the network not a full-cd-set installation. Because the 2nd screen telling me that its possible to use a network source i thought that everything is fine, except that the NIC modules didnt load. As i read "source" i thought of an
    apt source and not pxe.

    Perhaps the error message should be more specific: "Without mounting the
    debian cdrom the installer wont be able to install the system, check your installation media" "..., by using alternate sources such as booting via network (pxe)".

    Do you still want a dmesg/procpci/syslog/messages/etc ?
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