I can reproduce this error on the testing iso for may 4th. debian-testing-amd64-CD-1.iso <http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/amd64/iso-cd/debian-testing-amd64-CD-1.iso> 04-May-2009 09:44 645M
My NIC is an onboard nvidia card, on a p5n-d motherboard. I've tried installing by burning to a CD, and using a USB stick with the latest debian installer files. If I choose to manually configure the IP address I still get an error message saying that network configuration failed. Furthermore, if I countinue the install, I end up having no network connection when I log in once installation is finished.