Rephrased problem statement
Hardware: IBM ThinkPad T43
Software: Debian 6.0.3 - CDs available netinst and LiveCD(Gnome)
Connectivity: only WiFi physically available
Symptoms: Running install from netinst CD, every thing
"hung" when not finding network.
I loaded the LiveCD. It saw the unconnected wired Ethernet
capability. It did not see the WiFi device.
ACro wrote:
1. What is command to identify the WiFi hardware?
Try "lspci -v". You should see your WiFi controller among
other devices.
Using Debian live 6.0.3 the relevant response was:
0b:02.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless
2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection (rev 05)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 2711
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 21
Memory at b4001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
2. Once I've identified the required driver, how do I
install it when
I can not connect to the internet in first place ;<
I missed asking a question - How do I determine WHAT is
required driver?
Found answers following links from another thread {wifi cards}
http://wiki.debian.org/WiFi#PCI_Devices
http://wiki.debian.org/ipw2200#Installation_via_Debian_Installer
http://www.debian.org/releases/squeeze/i386/ch06s04.html
Try "modprobe <your driver>" first, to see if the module is
available on your system (if I'm not wrong, no output means
that the module is there); then you can add it to
/etc/modules, so that it can be automatically loaded by the
kernel when booting.
But the "gotcha" was that I did not yet have an operable
system as netinst could not connect to the internet. I
believe the above links address that issue.
It is possible that you'll need also a
non-free firmware: configure your wireless interface first
and check your syslog to see if everything is going right:
if yes, you should see something like
[...] Loading firmware file [firmware name]
Best regards,
Andrew
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