Hello Denis, -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:26:17 +0000 (GMT) > Von: Dennis Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > An: misc@openbsd.org > Betreff: Re: : booting openbsd on eee without cd-rom
> On Wed, 30 Jan 2008, Raimo Niskanen wrote: > > > From: Raimo Niskanen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: misc@openbsd.org > > Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:50:30 +0100 > > Subject: Re: : booting openbsd on eee without cd-rom > > ... > > > > Anyway, OpenBSD will boot but ethernet does not work: The wired > > > adapter is not suppoerted, and the wireless driver reports an > > > error and does not work :-( > > > > Then one could create such a bootable image and throw in the file > > sets too, that is: most of the /4.2/i386 download directory except > > install42.iso, but the size would be about 250 MByte. > > > > If the ethernet adapters does not work, what is the use? > > "wireless driver reports an error and does not work" is short on > detail. It might just be that non-free firmware needs installing > (eg the firmware for the iwi driver) to get it to work. > -- > Dennis Davis, BUCS, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +44 1225 386101 Of course this is way too short, but I wanted to check the archives beforehand wether I did make a stupid error somewhere. Wireless is an ath-device which does not need non-free firmware AFAIK. Regards Stefan Kell
