On Sun, 17 Jan 2021 18:02:38 +0100, Philipp Kern <pk...@debian.org> wrote: >On 17.01.21 14:19, Marc Haber wrote: >> On Sun, 17 Jan 2021 18:16:04 +0500, Andrey Rahmatullin >> <w...@debian.org> wrote: >>> On Sun, Jan 17, 2021 at 11:33:28AM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: >>>> My workaround is to plug in a network cable for installation. But >>>> alas, I have up to now been able to avoid hardware without built-in >>>> Ethernet. I guess that many USB Ethernet interfaces will work out of >>>> the box without non-free, right? >>> I think people on Reddit usually recommend USB-tethering the cell phone. >> That works for IP? > >I'm not sure what the question here is. You get NAT. You even get NAT to >your WiFi - i.e. you can use it as a glorified USB WiFi device (at least >with Android). I have successfully either fixed or installed Debian >through a cell phone in the past because there was no other way at hand.
I was not aware of that feature. It is good to have that, but I would be embarrassed to seriously suggest this way because we can't manage to get WLAN working in the installer for political reasons. Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 621 72739834
