network on H77

Hello everybody. I just discover OMV and I'm trying to install it on a GA-H77-DS3H Gigabyte motherboard.
This MB has an Atheros integrated GigaEthernet NIC.
Unfortunately, this is not recognized during the install process of OMV, so I can't get the lan to work.
Searching on the internet, it seems that this is a AR8161 chip which needs alx driver (provide by linux-backports-modules). It also seems that alx is not included in squeeze kernel, but it definitly works on a wheezy.

Is there a way in order to install this alx driver? during the install process (on usb stick for instance) or after the install?

Thanks for your help.

Hi ryecoaaron !
Thanks for your advice. The iso you pointed out in the other post, doesn't see the NIC either
The only way I found to have a working network is with a Debian wheezy (7.2)
I also try to "chroot" an original offline install of OMV from a Wheezy live in order to install backports, but with no success.

Finally I installed a minimal Debian 7.2 and try to install OMV on it as you indicate :

echo "deb http://packages.openmediavault.org/public fedaykin main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/openmediavault.list
    apt-get update
    apt-get install openmediavault-keyring postfix
    apt-get update
    apt-get install openmediavault
    omv-initsystem

but installing OMV failed because of obscure dependencies error (I think some of the package installed on the Debian 7.2 are too recent for OMV...)

Do you think of another way to install OMV?
I don't really want to buy a PCI NIC just to give a try to OMV...

Thanks again for helping me !

Zitat

I definitely don't recommend installing on Wheezy.

I trust you, but what is the reason?

Zitat

Strange. Wheezy uses the same 3.2 kernel that backports does. When installing using the ISO I recommended, did you choose to use the backports 3.2 kernel?

I find it strange too. Actualy I don't have the choice of the kernel since it needs the network before going further. Anyway, when I chroot the system (this one too...) it does indicate a 3.2 kernel....

Zitat

If you don't want to buy a cheap PCI NIC (maybe you could borrow one??), you will have to wait a few months for OMV 0.6 (based on wheezy).

Do you know when the 0.6 is planned? I will consider buying a pci adapter, but it anoy me since he hardware I just buy already provide one.

Well, ok, I gave it a try and installed it without network, selecting the backport 3.2 kernel.
But no more luck regarding the network.

I chroot this system from a Wheezy live cd, fixed the sources.list, install OMV and everything went well.
So now I have a proper Squeeze with 3.2 kernel and OMV installed, but still no network (anoying for a Nas... )

From what I read the alx driver supporting the atheros AR8161 is included from the 3.2.0-4 but the one I installed is a 3.2.0-0.
Is there a way to upgrade to 3.2.0-4? Is an apt-get dist-upgrade going to do the job or not?

Hello,
All my attempt to compile a driver were unsuccessful
I finnaly find an old PCI Network adapter at work, so now all is working fine !
Thanks again for your help !

Hi,
What I found especially odd is that after installing OMV-extras, I used the webGUI to install Backports 3.2 kernel, and my onboard adapter is now working just fine...