On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 12:29:48PM -0700, Glenn English wrote: > The squeeze netinstall doesn't have the driver software for this laptop's > Broadcom 4311 Ethernet card. And it can't find the WiFi card. So I'm trying > to install a netinstall with no net. > > I'm installing from a USB stick. I can't download a DVD install because the > USB stick I have is only 2GB. (The CD drive is out on loan, 1000 miles > away...) > > Can anyone tell me how to get this box going? (WiFi doesn't work either, but > I'm not worrying about this right now.) > > I have another computer next to it that does have network connectivity, and > I've looked at the Debian site for what I think is the right stuff -- I > downloaded the .deb, copied to USB, and installed on the laptop (with dpkg). > Nothing seems to have happened. > > Oh, I looked at the BIOS to make sure Ethernet was on; it is, and it used to > work on lenny. lspci shows the Broadcom to be there too.
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