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Netinstall fails at "Detect network hardware" on BCM5788

Asked by Youssef Eldakar

Attempting to netinstall 64-bit Ubuntu 12.04 on machines already running Ubuntu 10.10 and connected via BCM5788 Ethernet controllers, installation fails at "Detect network hardware."

I suppose I have to somehow add modules for BCM5788 to the installer.

Any advice is appreciated.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Does maverick still boot ok? If so, run:

sudo lshw -C network

and you will see driver= for the network device, make a note of the module name and reboot to the Precise install media. You can then press CTRL+ALT+F2 and run:

sudo modprobe nameofmodule

You can then press CTRL+ALT+F1 and continue the install. HTH

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Youssef Eldakar (youssefeldakar) said : 		#2

It worked! The driver is tg3.

This is actually an autoinstall. Any idea how to script loading the module at boot time?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Do you mean during install time or in the installed OS?

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Youssef Eldakar (youssefeldakar) said : 		#4

During install time so that I do not have to do it manually for each machine in the network.

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Youssef Eldakar (youssefeldakar) said : 		#5

I believe this would do it:

http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/NetbootFirmware

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Rinka Singh (rinka-singh) said : 		#6

Hi,
My network connection died after the latest upgrade (for some reason the ethernet driver is not loaded during boot time). "modprobe tg3" gets it back.

It is inconvenient to modprobe tg3 everytime. Please can you tell me how to put tg3 in the default boot path.

$ cat /proc/version
Linux version 3.2.0-27-generic (buildd@allspice) (gcc version 4.6.3 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) ) #43-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 6 14:25:57 UTC 2012

Thanks,

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#7

If you run:

echo "tg3" | sudo tee -a /etc/modules > /dev/null

It will load every boot