On 2012-01-18 23:03 +0100, lee wrote: > Sven Joachim wrote: >> 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. > > Unfortunately, I don´t have another computer available, and the laptop > is setup so badly from factory with Windoze that I will have to remove > Windoze completely because I can´t shrink the partition to a reasonable > size. And they didn´t deliver any installation media with it :(( > > If the installation fails, I will have to restore the laptop from the > backups I made on DVDs, download whatever I need and start over again. > So I want to make sure the installation doesn´t fail before I start. > >>> 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. > > Will I be able to get the wireless working with the first DVD before > making any changes to the hard disks?
If you want to get it working during installation, you have to provide the firmware, e.g. on a USB stick. And if you need WPA/WPA2 support, you need a recent version of the Debian installer. > Hm, what´s the point in having the firmware only and not the software to > get the wireless card to work? Apparently, I need software from the > non-free section which isn´t included on the DVDs, so having the > firmware only get´s me no more than like half the way. No, what makes you think so? There should be a driver for your card in the kernel, unless the device is too new. And it's only the firmware which is not free. >> The Squeeze installer itself does not support WPA, but the Wheezy >> installer does. > > Wheezy is Testing, afair? I want to install Testing anyway: Will that > work with the D/I from testing when I have the firmware ready, Probably, although you may run into other bugs. > or will > there still be software (from non-free) missing needed to make a > wireless connection? I don't think Debian even ships any software related to wireless in non-free, except for firmware. 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/87r4ywvee3....@turtle.gmx.de
