-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 06 August 2004 20:43, Joey Hess wrote: > Frederik Dannemare wrote: > > I will suggest an errata item for the release candidate installer > > that should be available in a couple of days from now: > > > > ******************************************************************* > >** > > > > PCMCIA device shifting (between CD-ROM and NIC) during install: > > > > If you choose to install Debian via CD, but you only have your > > CD-ROM drive and NIC (which you want to setup and use as primary > > NIC during installation) accessible via a single PCMCIA slot in > > your computer, here is what you can do to work around this > > situation. > > > > Boot the installer with the CD-ROM device plugged into the PCMCIA > > slot and do a normal 1st stage installation, except that you should > > skip network setup or just type in dummy values at this point. > > > > Then when it says "Installation complete", choose 'Go back' to drop > > back to the main menu. Now change the PCMCIA device from CD-ROM to > > NIC, and choose to 'Detect network hardware'. Your NIC should now > > be detected and you can continue (again 'Go back' to main menu) to > > 'Network configuration'. > > > > If your NIC is a wireless, press Alt+F2 to get a shell. Change the > > PCMCIA device from NIC to CD-ROM and type in the shell: > > chroot /target > > mount /cdrom > > apt-get install wireless-tools > > umount /cdrom > > exit > > Go back to Alt+F1 and change the PCMCIA device from CD-ROM to NIC. > > > > Choose 'Continue' to reboot (with NIC in PCMCIA slot) and thereby > > finish the 1st stage of the installation process. > > > > When 2st stage comes up after the reboot, you should have a working > > NIC and as such you can choose to download extra packages via ftp, > > http, etc. > > > > Should you, however, not have a working NIC at this point, go to > > the shell (Alt+F2) and try to reload your NIC: > > ifdown <iface> && ifup <iface> > > Return to Alt+F1 and continue installation (assuming networking now > > works)... > > ******************************************************************* > >** > > I think this might be more appopriate as a kind of howto page on our > wiki than as an errata item.
Sounds reasonable, I guess. It's been added to <http://wiki.debian.net/index.cgi?DebianInstallerWorkarounds> - -- Frederik Dannemare | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] GnuPG key: search for 'dannemare' on http://pgpkeys.mit.edu Key fingerprint: BB7B 078A 0DBF 7663 180A F84A 2D25 FAD5 9C4E B5A8 http://frederik.dannemare.net | http://www.linuxworlddomination.dk -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBFAjZLSX61ZxOtagRAu85AJ9py1ph05Y1XvXQhEvtOraMwi4RQgCfc0Bu 0ZxDe9CSB/GDO0KToB8IXp0= =xdqW -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
