On Friday 19 August 2016 18:45:44 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Friday 19 August 2016 23:31:11 Brian wrote: > > On Fri 19 Aug 2016 at 17:59:06 -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote: > > > Ok, so I got rid of the windows machine and found a card that fit > > > the old machine. It needs the rtl_nic driver to work. Fine I > > > have that firmware and the needed driver on a USB stick and on an > > > iso disk for stretch. The USB is just the firmware for these type > > > of cards. I must be losing my mind because I cannot remember how > > > to get the driver to install off of the USB to my existing weezy > > > system. Thank you for even reading this but I need help. I did > > > try apt-get install but it didn't find the file on the USB> > > > > "rtl_nic" means little to me; it might resonate more with others. > > Why do you need a driver for it? > > > > Please give the *exact* names of the firmware and driver you have on > > the USB stick and say where you got them from. > > How did you install the system? Why not use the same system (a DVD > set??) to install > > https://packages.debian.org/wheezy/firmware-realtek > > Or did you have internet connectivity, installed from there, and then > lost it? > > Otherwise, cp the .deb, if it is a .deb, on your usb stick to the > computer and dpkg -i it?? As has been said, you haven't really given > enough information. > > Lisi
Which is the better way to do it. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
