On Thu 19 Jan 2012 at 00:51:56 +0000, lee wrote: > Sven Joachim wrote: >> >> 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 instructions on [1] make me think so. They tell me to add the > non-free section to apts sources list, to update the list of available > packages and then to install the "firmware-iwlwifi" and "wireless-tools" > packages. However, before these packages are installed, I can´t get a > wireless connection, and without the wireless connection, I cannot > install these packages because I cannot download anything at all. And > these packages are not included in the DVD or CD images that are > available for download, either.
The installer is built from special packages called udebs. They contain everything which is required to set up a network connection. For example, there is a udeb to configure a WPA connection. The instructions you cite are for an already intalled and running system. Very nicely, d-i it will get the .deb packages for you when you get to its installing software part. > Are there any DVD or CD images of the non-free section for download? My visions weren't too far from the mark, then. >> Probably, although you may run into other bugs. > > Hm, is the current installer too buggy to be usable? I´ve had that > before ... No. -- 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/20120119011534.GF17235@desktop
