, Michael Fothergill wrote:
> Dear Debianists,
>
> I bought a new AMD64 3200 Sempron box. I put a DVD rewriter and an ATA
> drive in it. I fired it up and it read in the net install CD for Debian
> Etch AMD64 Official Snapshot (Ithink that's the AMD testing RC1 image).
>
> It seemed to go OK. The network autoconfiguration succeeded which I
> interpret to mean it found the internet connection to the NTL cable
> broadband service I use.....
>
> I partitioned the disk and installed the base system.
>
> But at the package installer bit it starts to look for ftp sites to
> download files for the network install....
>
> I chose the UK options and went in all of the uk site choices but it
kept
> telling me that the network connection was bad.
>
> It said that this either meant that there was no appropriate AMD64
install
> image or the site or network connection was down etc....
>
> In the end I just did the rest of the base install..... I also could
not
> get the security updates.
>
> I finished the minimal install and then I hooked up my old box. When I
> fired it up (Etch RC1 bog standard i386 install) it said the internet
> connection was wired but when I fired up Iceweasel it could not see
> google....
>
Is you i386 box different from you AMD box?
Yes they are two separate boxes......
Can you ping one from the
other on you L(ocal)AN?
They are not networked to each other.
I found that my new ASUS mother board for my
new AMD cpu had an Ethernet chip that's not yet supported in Debian.
The chip was detected by the installer but there was not a visible
error message that the LAN was not found. I solved the problem by
installing an old ethernet card for which drivers were available and
moving the ethernet cable.
Hmmmm...... I bought an ATA drive because I was worried a SATA drive would
not be seen by the OS. But I did not think the ethernet card could be off
limits as well. But it maybe OK because the old box internet link was not
quite right when I first booted it. So maybe the next time I fire up the box
the network link will be OK as it now is with the old box after rebooting
the cable box.
I am downloading the AMD64 DVD image. I will upgrade the install on the new
machine with this, Then I will have gnome etc and will be able to mess with
the internet connection a bit more easily on the new box. Here are the specs
for the new box: (It came from Novatech)
Motherboard
Form Factor Micro ATX
Socket Type AM2 940 Pin
Compatible Processors AMD Athlon 64 and Sempron, Socket AM2 940PIN, 2000MT/s
Cache Level 2 Size 128 KB
Chipset VIA K8M890 + VT8237R-plus
Max FSB 2000MT/s
IDE Type ATA133 x2 & Serial ATA x 2 with RAID 0, 1,JBOD
Max Bus Speed 2000 MT/s
Graphics Integrated Via high-performance graphics controller plus
PCI-Express 16X slot Supports up to 128MB shared system memory
Expansion Slots 1 X PCIe x16, 1 x PCIe x1, 2 x PCI
Memory Dual channel DDR2 800 / 667 x2 DIMMs, Max 2GB
Audio Integrated, 5.1 channel AC97 (ADI)
LAN Integrated Fast Ethernet (10/100/1000) Realtek ALC653
USB Up to 8: 4 in rear I/O area + 2 internal 2-port headers: ver. 2.0
IO 1 x PS/2 keyboard
1 x PS/2 mouse
1 x RJ45 (LAN)
4 x USB 2.0
1 x line-in/line-out/mic (audio)
1 x parallel (SPP/ECP/EPP)
1 x COM (16550-compatible UART)
1 x VGA (integrated video)
Supplied Memory
Installed Memory 1x 512Mb 533Mhz PC4200 184pin
Free Slots 1 Free Slot
Processor
Interface Type AM2 940 Pin
Clock Speed 1.8 GHz
Architecture Features 3DNow! Professional technology, streaming SIMD
extensions 2, HyperTransport technology, integrated memory controller
Performance Index 3200+
Heatsink & Fan
Interface Type 3 Pin
Material Alloy Copper Dot
Maximum CPU Support AMD Sempron, Athlon 64, Athlon 64FX, Athlon 64X2
processors
Case
Chassis Midi ATX Tower
Colour Black & Silver
PSU Size 400Watt
Drive Bays 5.24" x 4
Drive Bays 3.5" x 6 (4 Hidden)
Dimensions 415mm(H) x 200mm(W) x 480mm(D)
The network card is as follows:
LAN Integrated Fast Ethernet (10/100/1000) Realtek ALC653
Does any one know if a Realtek ALC653 is supported by Debian?
If it doesn't work because of the network card it would be nice if someone
could recommend a network card that is guaranteed to be seen by Debian.
Regards
Michael Fothergill
> This usually means something is wrong with the internet link.
>
> So I rebooted the cable box and then I rebooted the i386 box.
>
> Now the internet link is OK.
>
>
> My question is this:
>
> If I want to go back to the new AMD64 box and try to get the net install
to
> work, what is the best way forward?
>
>
> When I log in I will just get the command line interface. What can I do
to
> check that the new box is seeing the internet connection properly and
what
> can I then do to get the machine to download the rest of the AMD64
install
> from the internet?
>
> The apt sources.lst file just has the Etch netinstall disk in it at the
> moment,
>
>
> If I can't get it to work then I will download DVD images of the AMD64
> release and install with them instead.
>
> Comments appreciated.
>
> Regards
>
> Michael Fothergill
>
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