OK, the network not being available is a hardware specific issue, for some reason the tg3 module is not loaded in the initramfs but is loaded in the mail root.
For reference, the fix is as follows: add tg3 to /etc/initramfs-tools/modules update-initramfs -u Thanks. On Mon, 2024-08-26 at 00:33 +0000, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > Thank you for the additional information you have supplied regarding > this Bug report. > > This is an automatically generated reply to let you know your message > has been received. > > Your message is being forwarded to the package maintainers and other > interested parties for their attention; they will reply in due > course. > > Your message has been sent to the package maintainer(s): > Guilhem Moulin <guil...@debian.org> > > If you wish to submit further information on this problem, please > send it to 1079...@bugs.debian.org. > > Please do not send mail to ow...@bugs.debian.org unless you wish > to report a problem with the Bug-tracking system. > -- Jean-Francois Pirus | Technical Manager franc...@clearfield.com | Mob +64 21 640 779 | DDI +64 9 282 3401 Clearfield Software Ltd | Ph +64 9 358 2081 | www.clearfield.com