[Debian-eeepc-commits] The problem with installing Debian on eee PC900ax

[Ben Armstrong]

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On 03/10/10 09:07 AM, James Brown wrote:
> Some days ago I bought a notebook asus eee PC900ax and tried install
> Debian Lenny on it.
> Earlier I installed Debian Lenny on my asus eee PC900ha without any problem.
> I had the next problem with it.
> The installer didn't see any network interface controller, but the
> network interface controller worked under windows, i.e. it was not a
> problem with hardware.
> It was because that the ethernet controller on my new asus eee was
> Attansic Technology Corp. Device 1062 (rev c0) (on my old one I had
> Attansic Technology Corp. L1 Gigabit Ehternet Adapter
> (reev b0)).
> The debian lenny istnaller have no drivers for the first by default and
> cannot recognize the ethernet-card.
> The problem was resolved by installing Debian Squeeze.
>
> P.S. It seems to me that asus eee PC900ax was broken by its producer
> comparison with asus eeePC900ha because the first one have only 2
> usb-ports and the second - 3, and the first have nothing instead the 3rd
> usb-port.
>