In very short, to resolve this problem you need:
>From installation guide:
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch06s04.html.en you can get to:
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/firmware/squeeze/current/
or
http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=firmware
and there in packet firmware-linux you can find the needed bin-file (that
d101m_ucode.bin you saw in installer's log).
Now, all you need - extract it from tar or deb, write to floppy or
flashcard, start installer (preferably in expert mode), and before the
network confuguration step switch to another console (alt+F3), plug
floppy/flashcard in, mount it with mount -t vfat /dev/..... /some/directory
and copy bin-file to /lib/firmware/e100/ (you need mkdir before that).
And after that you are able to switch back (alt+F1) and continue
installation.

Of course, bug is still in place - problem with firmware is not caught
properly by installer, installer continues trying to setup DHCP network
using unusable NIC, wrong error report is displayed to user,
get-firmware-from-floppy menu item becomes available long after it is
actually required to be used for successful PXE-network-installation, and
that item is misnamed as really it's name should be "from-removeable-media",
as USB-flashcard is actually supported too (and, may be, card-reader cards
too).

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