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:

1. 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.
   
2. 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.
3. The standard kernel uses the experimental firewire driver, which gives me an oops. The older firewire driver works perfectly.
   
4. 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.

So to install I used the CD image from Kenshi Muto to install. Afterwards the standard kernel needs the newer e1000 driver. At the moment I'm running 2.6.23.9.

flash from the past

Yesterday I found by accident a 'get together' site for one of my schools in Germany: Stijn Streuvels basisschool in Kempen.

If you want to see young me: I'm the kid in red on the right.