Mauricio Teixeira (netmask) wrote:
> About the bug I posted bellow:
>
> https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=160804
>
> It has been closed with the following comment:
>
> [Andreas Jaeger]: "We will not add it to our media, it will be available
> via ftp only."
>
> Can I have a "why" on that? I can't see the logics here. I didn't have a
> wired LAN available by the time of install, and it's not easy to get
> one, so you mean I'm forced to use floppies, usb sticks, or whatever
> other way I could get to download the packages somewhere else and
> install them on my machine?
>
> Yes, I fail to see the logics here. So you're simply stating that I
> can't have network connection because my wlan card isn't natively
> supported by the kernel?
>
> See, I would accept if you say it's a license problem with ndiswrapper
> (which I think isn't), but simply saying "we will not" isn't a polite
> answer.
>
> Oh, BTW, the ndiswrapper on factory doesn't match ther kernel installed
> by beta8 CDs, so I can't even use it, unless I switch my kernel too.
>
>   
Sometimes we just need to take into account the sheer number of
non-native English speakers here. What Andreas meant to say most likely
was: Novell/SUSE supports only HW configuration fulfilling at least one
of the two conditions: Your wlan card works out of the box or you must
have wired internet access. The real outcome is: ndiswrapper is not
supported anymore since you might need it in order to have it.

FMF

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