Re: Network interface card / Ethernet on IMB motherboard

From: Bob Proulx (bob_at_proulx.com)
Date: 12/02/03

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    Roger Chrisman wrote:
    > Debian (installed from the 7 Woody CDs which I downloaded and burned

    I know you won't benefit but perhaps others will. If you have a
    network connection then I recommend using the 38 MB network install
    disk from:

      http://people.debian.org/~blade/boot-floppies/netinst-full-pre/bootbf2.4.iso

    Or just use CD #1 and install from the network after that. That saves
    a lot of time in downloading and burning. Of course if you are
    completely unconnected from the network then sneakernet by cdroms is
    still probably the best way.

    > using my SuSE system) does not recognize my onboard Ethernet
    > interface. SuSE does. Debian seems not to.

    A misconception. Debian woody does not have any hardware
    autodetection, none at all. Therefore you are correct that Debian
    woody does not recognize your hardware. Debian woody does not
    recognize any hardware. You are expected to selecct the drivers
    manually.

    Note that the debian-install for the next Debian release is going to
    have a hardware auto-detection program.

    > Is there hope of getting Debian to recognize my onboard Ethernet? Or
    > should I simply buy a $12.00 Ethernet card tomorrow and try that?

    That would not help. Whatever card you had you would need to select
    it it manually regardless.

    > The mystery Ethernet is onboard my IBM eServer xSeries 200
    > server. This is an entry level 1000MHz Pentium III server from a few
    > years back. Never had any trouble with the onboard Ethernet in it
    > before.

    What does lspci say?

      lspci | grep Ethernet

    Here are some common cases.

      Intel Ethernet Pro 100 -- eepro100 (e100 in 2.4.20 and later)
      RTL8139 -- 8139too
      Linksys Network Everywhere Fast Ethernet -- tulip
      AMD Lance -- lance
      Broadcom -- upgrade to 2.4.20 and use tg3 (bcm5700 add-on for earlier)

    Those are the most common cases. But don't be surpised to see others
    as well. Using google to search for your card and the appropriate
    linux kernel driver is what I do if it is one I do not recognize.

    I would then use 'modconf' and page down to kernel/drivers/net and
    select the appropriate driver for your card. The modconf program will
    test modprobe the driver and if that works will install the driver
    name into /etc/modules.

    While you are there you might as well install your audio driver too as
    I assume that you don't have it installed either.

    > SuSE 8.1 and SuSE 9 both install and automaticall detect the onboard
    > Ethernet.

    And with Debian sarge the autodetection will automatically configure
    it too. But sarge is not yet released. Soon.

    Bob 

    


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