John Fleming wrote: > I have an eMachines computer that my kids use that I'm trying to get going > with Sarge. If I use Knoppix/Debian Unstable, it finds eth0, gets IP from > DHCP on my LAN, and we're on the Net fine. However, the Sarge installer > does NOT get IP and therefore doesn't find the Internet. Interestingly, > both Sarge and Knoppix/Sid are using the REALTEK 8139too driver. Thus I > don't know why Sid finds the DHCP server and Sarge doesn't. I've tried > manually configuring with a static IP, but that doesn't work either.
This happened to me when i first installed sarge. Choosing the 2.6 kernel (type 'linux26' from the installer boot prompt) fixed it. -- Paul <http://paulgear.webhop.net> -- Did you know? Using accepted quoting conventions makes your email easier to understand. Learn how at <http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html>.
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