On 2012-01-18 20:58 +0100, lee wrote: > Hi, > > how do I download the packages in the non-free section and make them > useable by the Debian installer before starting the installation?
Download any needed packages on another computer and put them on a USB stick that you plug in when you install Debian. See http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch06s04.html. > The problem is installing Debian on a laptop with wireless only. So I > need to dowload all the DVDs before starting the installation, No, you don't. The first DVD (or CD) should be sufficient. > and > still the software needed to get the wirless card (Intel Centrino > Wireless-N > 1030) working is in the non-free section which won´t be on the DVDs[1]. > > There seem to be (unofficial) CD-images with the firmware on > them[2]. Are these the right ones to get? What might be the best way > to go about this? On [2] you only find the firmware which you have to put on a USB stick. There are also netinst CD images which already include the firmware under http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/, those also have the minimally necessary packages for setting up WiFi, in particular wpasupplicant. The Squeeze installer itself does not support WPA, but the Wheezy installer does. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87d3agwy2l....@turtle.gmx.de
