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  jessie install cd no network Javier Marcon <javiermarcon@gmail.com> - 2016-06-03 14:10 +0200
    Re: jessie install cd no network Javier Marcon <javiermarcon@gmail.com> - 2016-06-03 15:00 +0200
    Re: jessie install cd no network Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2016-06-03 15:30 +0200
    Re: jessie install cd no network Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> - 2016-06-03 16:00 +0200
    Re: jessie install cd no network e Lpe <m2lepretre@gmail.com> - 2016-06-05 13:50 +0200

#168476 — jessie install cd no network

Hello, I downloaded the Jessie install cd and added a preseed file to
automatically install some packages, but running the install cd does not
recognize the realtek network cards, telling me that no network hardware
was detected.

If I install it in a Virtualbox machine (with a phisical disk mapped)
and then I boot with that disk, the network cards work perfectly.

the cards I have are:

javier@javier-System-Product-Name:~$ lspci | grep -i ethernet
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06)
06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter (rev 10)

How can I make the debian installer to automatically boot these modules
in the kernel?

Thanks,

Javier.

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#168480

Thanks, the problem is with realtek pci and pci express ethernet cards.
I will try to find the module to add in /lib/firmware in the
installation cd to see if it works. the weird thig is that after
installing, the intalled debian uses the cards perfectly (but debian
installer) does not recognize them. The solution would be to make debian
installer cd to use the same kernel that installs, but I don't know how
to do it.

Thanks,

Javier.

El 03/06/16 a las 09:23, Haines Brown escribió:
> Javier, I reply privately because of my ignorance.
>
> If I understand correctly, you are saying that Jessie's base packages do
> not include firmware-ralink (because not open source?) and so you lack
> the wireless driver needed by your wireless card (such as rt2860.bin).
>
> This is an old problem. I've experienced it in terms of a netinst from a
> USB key. Early in the installation, the installer says it lacks
> necessary software and asks if you want to add it at this point. I've
> always just hooked up an ethernet cable, but my sense is that you can
> insert a key having on it /lib/firmware/<drive> and the installer will
> use it.
>
> I have no idea about a CDROM installation, for I've not done that for some
> time. Perhaps a CDROM installation does not prompt you for the driver. I
> should also add that my recent experience is not with Debian, but with
> the Devuan fork of Jessie Debian.
>
> There's plenty of discussion of the issue on line, but just putting the
> drive on a key does not seem to work, and the reason may be that you must
> construction the /lib/firmware/ directory structure for it.
>
> Haines Brown
>
>

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#168482

Javier Marcon wrote:
> Hello, I downloaded the Jessie install cd and added a preseed file to
> automatically install some packages, but running the install cd does not
> recognize the realtek network cards, telling me that no network hardware
> was detected.

They probably need "non-free" drivers, which goes against how Debian
does things.  I ran into this with an intel WLAN card.  Just had the
driver *deb on a USB key that I installed once the system was running.

> If I install it in a Virtualbox machine (with a phisical disk mapped)
> and then I boot with that disk, the network cards work perfectly.

vbox emulates some rather "old" network cards (e.g. the intel
single-port gbit NICs that have been around since 2000 or so).  As I
recall, those cards have been in the kernel since the early 3.x releases
(if not 2.x), so Debian doesn't run into any "non-free" kernel module
issues.

-- 
Registered Linux user #585947
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#168484

Javier wrote:
>Hello, I downloaded the Jessie install cd and added a preseed file to
>automatically install some packages, but running the install cd does not
>recognize the realtek network cards, telling me that no network hardware
>was detected.
>
>If I install it in a Virtualbox machine (with a phisical disk mapped)
>and then I boot with that disk, the network cards work perfectly.
>
>the cards I have are:
>
>javier@javier-System-Product-Name:~$ lspci | grep -i ethernet
>04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
>RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06)
>06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
>RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter (rev 10)
>
>How can I make the debian installer to automatically boot these modules
>in the kernel?

At a guess you may just be missing firmware. Try using the
firmware-included netinst:

  http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/

-- 
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.                                steve@einval.com
Who needs computer imagery when you've got Brian Blessed?

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#168568

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>
> If I install it in a Virtualbox machine (with a phisical disk mapped)
> and then I boot with that disk, the network cards work perfectly.


Hi, with Virtualbox under witch os ?

2016-06-03 12:02 GMT+00:00 Javier Marcon <javiermarcon@gmail.com>:

> Hello, I downloaded the Jessie install cd and added a preseed file to
> automatically install some packages, but running the install cd does not
> recognize the realtek network cards, telling me that no network hardware
> was detected.
>
> If I install it in a Virtualbox machine (with a phisical disk mapped)
> and then I boot with that disk, the network cards work perfectly.
>
> the cards I have are:
>
> javier@javier-System-Product-Name:~$ lspci | grep -i ethernet
> 04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
> RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06)
> 06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
> RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter (rev 10)
>
> How can I make the debian installer to automatically boot these modules
> in the kernel?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Javier.
>
>

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