Comment 3 for bug 901322

Ethernet does not exist on the Live CD either. I was however able to successfully use the Live CD to compile the driver. That driver was then used on the base install of TurnKey Linux 11.2 Moodle (based on Ubuntu 10.04).

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From: JedMeister [mailto:<email address hidden>]
To: <email address hidden>
Sent: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 15:10:21 -0600
Subject: [Bug 901322] Re: TG3 Ethernet Driver on 2010 MacMini

If the default Ubuntu 10.04 live CD works ok OOTB then I suspect that
  there is some firmware that is available from the standard repos that
  will solve your issues.

  Perhaps try loading the live CD, see what module is loaded for your
  ethernet, then find which package contains that module and manually
  download it and install to your appliance with dpkg.

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  Title:
    TG3 Ethernet Driver on 2010 MacMini

  Status in TurnKey Linux:
    New

  Bug description:
    1) Installed TurnKey Linux 11.2 Moodle (Based on Ubuntu 10.04) on a 2010 MacMini
    2) Discovered Ethernet not detected due to no driver
    3) Retrieved appropriate Broadcom NetXtreme ServerTG3 driver and discovered that I was unable to build within TurnKey (Seems like logical security precaution)
    4) Compiled driver via Ubuntu 10.04 Live CD and transferred folder to TurnKey installation per the regular Ubuntu forums for Ubuntu 10.04 on 2010 MacMini.
    5) Rebooted into TurnKey Linux 11.2 Moodle and installed my freshly compiled network driver.
    6) Rebooted, Power off, Moved server, and networking still working.
    7) Experienced power outage and Ethernet no longer detected
    8) Verified hardware was working and that this is definitely a software issue.
    9) Reinstalled Ethernet driver and it would not detect
    10) Recompiled driver under Ubuntu 10.04 Live CD and repeated original installation method.
    11) Ethernet still won't detect.

    My original kernel folder was 2.6.33-generic. Since the original
    build, I noticed a 2.6.35-generic folder as well. I tried installing
    the driver for this and it didn't work either.

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