Peter Van Eynde: Installing debian on a DG33TL G33 system
Someone commented rightfully that I should explain how I got debian installed on the DG33TL.
There are 4 problems:
There are 4 problems:
- The standard kernel hangs at boot. This is because of a mmconfig related problem. To fix this use "pci=nommconf" as kernel boot option which will ignore the mmconfig information but still enable acpi so you still have a SMP machine.
- The CD/DVD chipset is not yet supported. It is a "Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Unknown device 6101" which not even 2.6.23.9 seems to want to talk to. To solve this I booted from CD, but then continued to install from a USB stick.
- The standard kernel uses the experimental firewire driver, which gives me an oops. The older firewire driver works perfectly.
- The ethernet card is not recognised. It is a "Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Unknown device 294c" which works with the 7.6.12-NAPI version e1000 driver.