On 2/26/09, Frank Lin PIAT <fpiat@> wrote: > On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 21:09 +0300, Mark Goldshtein wrote: >> Mark Goldshtein wrote: >> On 2/26/09, Robert Goley <ragoley@> wrote: >> >> Not sure about this on the Lenny installer. >> If the wpa_supplicant command exists, you can >> probably write out the config file by hand and >> start up the wireless interface by hand. >> Definitely the longer way to >> do it... > > WPA isn't supported during the installation of Debian. Only WEP is > supported. > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch03s03.html
Yes, think so. Seems to be strange a bit. Isn't WPA (or WPA2) a widely used encryption method? >> Not sure if any extended commands/utils are existing >> in installer. I was unable to locate even something >> simple, like 'top', etc. > > Debian installer isn't a full Debian system, it is a tiny set of tools > (a few Mb). Sure. I think it will be no harm to add something really useful for console, though. > Simply Install a Debian Desktop from CD/DVD, then enable the wpa. > Note: That's odd, but gnome CD1 (debian-500-i386-CD-1) don't have the > package wpasupplicant (so you also need CD2). > on the other hand, debian-500-i386-kde-CD-1 and debian-500-i386-DVD-1 > does have it. Done. I am in :) It works, as it seems for such brief look as I have. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
