On Fri, 15 Jan 2016, Jude DaShiell wrote: > I ran a netinst installation so no didn't have the nonfree rt2800 > package earlier. Anyone know which debian dvd that package lives > on? I may be able to install debian with the first dvd and whatever > number that other dvd is in future.
You're probably going to have to install using a wired Ethernet connection, then set up wireless. This is what I had to do a few years ago to install Debian on a Thinkpad 240X that had NO wireless at all, only dialup and Ethernet. I used the first install CD (not the Netinstall one) to do a basic terminal only install, then configured the apt sources.list to install everything else including what was needed for the external PCMCIA wireless card. I had to compile the driver from source. FWIW, I always use wired Ethernet when installing on a laptop whether it has wireless or not. Less problematical. B > On Fri, 15 Jan 2016, Selim T. Erdo?an wrote: > > > Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 18:08:56 > > From: Selim T. Erdo?an <se...@alumni.cs.utexas.edu> > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Subject: Re: Is anybody Running Debian on Acer Aspire E5-571G > > Resent-Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 23:09:21 +0000 (UTC) > > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > > > On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 09:40:53PM -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote: > >> I tried running it on an acer aspire 5003 notebook and it worked > >> okay until trying to configure my network with my rt2800usb wifi > >> adapter. If I get a wifi extender I can plug ethernet into I'll > >> try again it may work then. > > > > For rt2800usb, was the firmware-ralink package installed (from > > non-free)? > > > > >
