Forgive the cross-post but I think it's important that the
boot-floppy folks know about this installation difficulty.
I'm trying to install Debian on a Proliant DL360 server with Compaq's
built-in NC7780 gigabit-ethernet based on the Broadcom 5701 chip.
Status: Succeeded in getting the base system installed by choosing
the `bf24' kernel, the only option on the 3.0 CD that
recognized the Smart Array 5i RAID controller.
Problem #1: Cannot get past the base system install because tasksel
keeps looping at the prompt to mount CD #1.
Problem #2: There was no network driver that I could find on the 3.0
Debian CDs that supports the Broadcom device.
In researching the issue, I ran accross postings that reach
the general conclusion that Broadcom's original driver is
not good, e.g., < http://old.lwn.net/2002/0228/a/tigon.php3 >.
The recommended alternative is the tg3 (Tigon3) driver.
Question: I have access to another fully-installed Debian system with a
gcc compiler as well as these files from a Redhat 7.3 system:
tg3.c tg3.h tg3.o
Could someone please tell me the steps (details would be nice)
that are necessary to prepare the above tg3 files into something
that can be put onto a floppy disk and transported via sneakernet
to the Catch-22 system? Once I get network connectivity, I'll
have a workaround to problem #1.
Suggestion: Could the boot-floppy maintainers please include the tg3
network driver in their future versions?
Thanks,
Andris Kalnozols
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