Re: dell laptop install

2013-06-17 Thread Jude DaShiell
I found several instances of firmware.tar.gz which when opened has several .deb files in it for different versions of debian. I created a firmware directory on a flash drive and copied all of the .deb files into that directory. Next time when I run into that laptop things ought to work better

Re: dell laptop install

2013-06-09 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello, Jude DaShiell, le Sat 08 Jun 2013 11:42:16 -0400, a écrit : > The netinst dvd's won't install debian on my ddell laptop. The netinst > dvd's need a driver in non-free-linux-firmware and won't download and > install that for me. Please see section “6.4. Loading Missing Firmware” from the

Re: dell laptop install

2013-06-09 Thread Sebastian Humenda
Hello Jude DaShiell, Jude DaShiell schrieb am 08.06.2013, 14:38 -0400: >Using a full debiaan dvd, how can software speak be enabled on boot? As usual with the "s" key from the boot menu, worked here. >I'll need to get to the boot prompt first too and in a windows environment >that may be easie

dell laptop install

2013-06-08 Thread Jude DaShiell
Using a full debiaan dvd, how can software speak be enabled on boot? I'll need to get to the boot prompt first too and in a windows environment that may be easier said than done. --- jude About to block another web browser

Re: dell laptop install

2013-06-08 Thread Sebastian Humenda
Hello Jude, Jude DaShiell schrieb am 08.06.2013, 11:42 -0400: >The netinst dvd's won't install debian on my ddell laptop. The netinst >dvd's need a driver in non-free-linux-firmware and won't download and Maybe you can install just from a full DVD image all the basic packages and afterwards pu

dell laptop install

2013-06-08 Thread Jude DaShiell
The netinst dvd's won't install debian on my ddell laptop. The netinst dvd's need a driver in non-free-linux-firmware and won't download and install that for me. The laptop has only usb ports. It was suggested I get a debian live cd and usee it to clear windows vista from the system then in