Hi Peter, If you are willing to load binary non-free firmware for your network card that is covered in the manual [1].
Let us know any developments. If the issue is really the missing non-free firmware i suggest to close this bug. 1 - http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/ch06s04.html A Terça 02 Novembro 2010 09:37:04, você escreveu: > Hi > > Thank you for your response. The Broadcom BCM 5782 modem does work > without the tg3_tso5.bin firmware. It will do web surfing, simple wget > and ssh. The firmware is needed for TSO which is probably required for > downloading packages. The firmware is in > firmware-linux-nonfree_0.27_all.deb. It is not on Beta1 DVD (free and > contrib only) and I assume it is not in the installer initrd.gz files (I > looked in one of them). > > A work-around is to install only packages from the DVD (or DVD .iso) and > not select any mirror. The user can then install the firmware on the new > system and set the sources to install packages and updates from a > suitable mirror. > > When I have time I will try and include the firmware in the installation > initrd.gz and see what happens. I assume it needs to be at > /lib/firmware/tigon/tg3_tso5.bin . > > Anyone who installs Squeeze (and probably Lenny) on a computer which > requires non-free firmware will have a similar problem. The installation > notes should probably mention this. > > I hope you can understand my English. I have tried to keep it as simple > as possible. > > Regards > Peter Milne > Wellington > New Zealand -- Melhores cumprimentos/Best regards, Miguel Figueiredo http://www.DebianPT.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
