Re: Debian install , need to add wireless firmware

2011-11-12 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 10 nov 11, 11:34:59, Brian wrote: Downloading a DVD/CD as a way of getting a bunch of .debs on to the machine is certainly an alternative, but your concern about not being able to access an NTFS partition is unjustified. An expert install is capable of dealing with that when the

Re: Debian install , need to add wireless firmware

2011-11-10 Thread Brian
On Thu 10 Nov 2011 at 09:32:21 +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: Why so complicated? Just download the full DVD1 iso and loop-mount it under Debian. I only hope the Windows partition is not NTFS, because the base install does not contain ntfs-3g. One option would be to resize the Windows

Re: Debian install , need to add wireless firmware

2011-11-09 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 06 nov 11, 18:20:51, Brian wrote: 3. You can now boot Debian - we hope! Still no net access but you have a working system which can do many things. One operation you want to carry out is to mount the device which has Windows on it. Like so: mount /dev/sdaX /mnt You

Debian install , need to add wireless firmware

2011-11-06 Thread rose perry
Hello, I must clarify a few things,  I have no cd's no usb keys and im using the installer from google goodbye microsoft. I can't install from network because it can't detect my wireless card.  I have the firmware on my win XP partition but have no idea how to get it to the installer.  Any ideas

Re: Debian install , need to add wireless firmware

2011-11-06 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 06 Nov 2011 04:00:09 -0800, rose perry wrote: Is there any compelling reason why you are opening a new thread for asking the same twice? Hello, I must clarify a few things,  I have no cd's no usb keys and im using the installer from google goodbye microsoft. I can't install from

Re: Debian install , need to add wireless firmware

2011-11-06 Thread Victor Nitu
On 11/06/2011 02:00 PM, rose perry wrote: Hello, I must clarify a few things, I have no cd's no usb keys and im using the installer from google goodbye microsoft. I can't install from network because it can't detect my wireless card. I have the firmware on my win XP partition but have no

Re: Debian install , need to add wireless firmware

2011-11-06 Thread Mark Grieveson
Non-free firmware for wireless can be found here: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/firmware/squeeze/current/ Take the firmware.tar.gz or firmware.zip package, and put it on removable media such as a CD or usb-stick. Decompress it there, and you'll find several non-free

Re: Debian install , need to add wireless firmware

2011-11-06 Thread Brian
On Sun 06 Nov 2011 at 04:00:09 -0800, rose perry wrote: Hello, I must clarify a few things,  I have no cd's no usb keys and im using the installer from google goodbye microsoft. I can't install from network because it can't detect my wireless card.  I have the firmware on my win XP partition

Re: Debian install , need to add wireless firmware

2011-11-06 Thread Mark Grieveson
I have no cd's no usb keys and im using the installer from google goodbye microsoft. I can't install from network because it can't detect my wireless card. I have the firmware on my win XP partition but have no idea how to get it to the installer. Sorry, when I responded, I overlooked that

Re: Debian install , need to add wireless firmware

2011-11-06 Thread Selim T. Erdogan
Brian, 6.11.2011: On Sun 06 Nov 2011 at 04:00:09 -0800, rose perry wrote: Hello, I must clarify a few things,  I have no cd's no usb keys and im using the installer from google goodbye microsoft. I can't install from network because it can't detect my wireless card.  I have the firmware