Package: installation-reports Boot method: cat onto usb drive. Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/amd64/iso-cd/debian-testing-amd64-CD-1.iso Date: 13.august 2012
Machine: ASUS AT3IONT-1 Processor: Atom 330 Memory: Kingston KVR1333D3N9K2/2G Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot: [0] Detect network card: [E] Configure network: [E] Detect CD: [0] Load installer modules: [0] Detect hard drives: [0] Partition hard drives: [0] Install base system: [0] Clock/timezone setup: [0] User/password setup: [0] Install tasks: [0] Install boot loader: [0] Overall install: [E] Comments/Problems: Detecting network hardware stalls and hangs. Can be skipped with expert installer, but that doesn't result in a working desktop. http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/errata 3.2.0-3-amd64 This is what happens as the d-i tries to bring up the network NIC: eth1: link is not ready r8169 unable to load firmware patch rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw eth0: link down eth0: link is notready check missing firmware /dev/.udev/firmware-missing does not exist, skipping check missing firmware: missing firmware files (rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw) for r8169 Ethernet controller [0200] Realtek RTL8111/8168B rev 03 Subsystem ASUStek Device [1043:83a3] Kernel driver in use r8169 but that module isnt used by 0. On my other computer, which is build with a gigabyte ga-x48-dq6 MB, cant remember what bios i flashed it with, reported as GA-EP45-DS5/GA-EG45M-DS2H Motherboard, there is a rtl8168c/8111c (rev 02) NIC Loading the r8169 driver for 8168 hardware has been troublesome for quite some time http://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2011/12/msg00212.html I tried on a separate occasion to compile the 8168 driver from realtek myself, and that worked like a charm. The b1 testing d-i works on the gigabyte board, but it does produce a bunch of silent link up / down errors in dmesg. notable difference, "mii" module is used by r8169 and ethernet driver 2.3LK-NAPI loaded rtl8168c/8111c shows up in dmesg Usb drive confirmed to work on an asrock machine to install debian testing.
