On 19/01/12 12:19, lee wrote: > Scott Ferguson wrote: > >> Ignore that noise - I heard installation as installation of packages >> *not* installation of the OS. > > Oh, ok :) > >> Why you'd want to do instead of building from a netinstall CD (with any >> required firmware packages) is another question. However:- >> >> You 'could' use apt-zip[*1] or the "apt-get -d" with a live CD and then:- >> # cp /var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb somewhere_convenient. >> >> Reverse that process after installation of the base packages. >> >> >> [*1] http://wiki.debian.org/AptZip > > Well, this laptop has two harddrives out of which I´ll make a software > RAID-1. Last time I checked, installing and booting from a RAID was only > possible by using LVM (and md), and the d/i of Testing was able to do > that pretty easily for me. I just want something that works the way I > need it to, without having to do trial and error and having to put > Windoze back on the laptop to be able to burn more CDs or DVDs and then > making another try. > > Some things built into this laptop might never work and it won´t really > matter (like I really don´t need a fingerprint scanner ...), but if I > can´t get the wireless card to work, I´m screwed. > >
You can try testing with a Debian Live CD/USB first. These are sometimes useful for checking whether the path is well trodden (look for you laptop there - or ask here on the list):- http://www.linux-laptop.net/ http://tuxmobil.org/ Cheers -- Iceweasel/Firefox extensions for finding answers to Debian questions:- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collections/Scott_Ferguson/debian/ -- 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/4f1770ee.1050...@gmail.com
