HPE ProLiant ML10 Gen9 Server

[J]

On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 7:09 PM, Xen <list at xenhideout.nl> wrote:
> J. L. schreef op 13-10-2017 0:14:
>
>> Sorry, but the TO seems to be out of luck.
>
>
> Seems to be supported just fine in the kernel:
>
> https://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/E1000E.html
>
> The module should be in
>
> /lib/module/<KERNEL_VERSION>/updates/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/
>
> or
>
> /lib/module/<KERNEL_VERSION>/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/

You'll note that the i-219 series:
vendor: 8086 ("Intel Corporation"), device: 15b7 ("Ethernet Connection
(2) I219-LM")
vendor: 8086 ("Intel Corporation"), device: 15b8 ("Ethernet Connection
(2) I219-V")

didn't enter the kernel until 4.x:
lkddb pci 8086 15b7 .... .... ...... : CONFIG_E1000E CONFIG_ETHERNET
CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_INTEL : drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c #
in 4.1–4.13, 4.14-rc+HEAD
lkddb pci 8086 15b8 .... .... ...... : CONFIG_E1000E CONFIG_ETHERNET
CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_INTEL : drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c #
in 4.1–4.13, 4.14-rc+HEAD

As I suggested... so trying the 14.04.5 installer (provided that does,
indeed, boot a 4.4 kernel in the installation environment) should
work.  To verify this, I downloaded the 14.04.5 ISO:
http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/trusty/ubuntu-14.04.5-server-amd64.iso

and booted it in a KVM instance and checked the installer environment
and it does, indeed, boot a 4.4 kernel.

So I still suggest William at least try with a freshly downloaded
14.04.5 ISO image, though by his own comments, he's not blocked on
installing, installing is just a bit annoying without network during
install (understandable).