Re: Debian NetInstall: Ethernet not found?

On Sat, 2006-16-12 at 10:42 -0500, Mike Pobega wrote:
Well I was trying to switch OSes from Ubuntu to Debian, and I figured
that the NetInstall would be the best way to go. So I downloaded
the .iso, burned it, and popped it into my laptop. I connected my
laptop directly into my modem through it's Ethernet port, but when it
got to the point where it checks my connection, it wasn't able to find
my connection!

I'm connected through LAN, and to my understanding LAN is always
connected (No drivers needed, I thought). But apparently you do need
drivers, so I decided to pop into Ubuntu's terminal and look for my
Ethernet port. I found:

05:07.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Unknown device 8167 (rev 10)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 1345
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 185

I/O ports at d800 [size=256]
Memory at fe8ffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Expansion ROM at 40000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: <access denied>

I figured that this meant that I would have to look for "Realtek" or
something similar in the list of Ethernet drivers, but of course it
wasn't on that list. Maybe I'm doing something wrong, or maybe I'm
completely missing something, but hopefully someone there can help me
out!

I'm on a laptop that doesn't have a floppy drive, so booting the
drivers from a floppy isn't possible. I'm also booting the NetInstall
from my only CD-ROM drive, so that wouldn't be possible either.

Any help would be appreciated, I'm hoping to get Debian running on my
laptop soon!

I had a realtek on one of my boxes last year. It used the RTL8139 driver
if I remember right. That driver may work for you too.


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