Okay, I got the base system installed with a pile of floppies. I floppied over the installer for the ATMEL driver and configuration apps. from http://sourceforge.net/projects/atmelwlandriver/
Now the problem is "make" which is required for the ATMEL installer, does not seem to be included in the base system. So I got the .deb package for "make" but I get lots of errors with make, including a complaint that "gcc" is not available. Loking at the deb packages for gcc it looks like there are lots of dependent packages I would need as well. There must be a better way to go about getting my wireless card to work. Any ideas? Is there some way to manually install the drivers? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Webster Kelsey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 4:36 PM Subject: newbie: net install via wireless PC card? > I am trying to install Debian (woody) on an old Thinkpad 560. I have > created the rescue, boot and drivers1-4 floppies. > > My only means of loading stuff on to the laptop are the floppy drive and > wireless card. I would like to do a network install. The problem is I > can't get the system to recognize the card or install the drivers. > > The wireless card is an ATMEL/RFMD chipset PCMCIA card. How do I make the > drivers avialable so I can do a newtork install of Debian 3.0? Can I get > the drivers to show up in the 'Configure Device Driver Modules' -> 'net' > menu? > > here are some more specs on the card: > http://shop.store.yahoo.com/micro-plus-store/wipccaforla.html > > This is my first Linux installation, so the simpler the solution the better. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
