Andrei POPESCU writes:
> On Lu, 23 ian 12, 15:55:04, lee wrote:
>> Andrei Popescu writes:
>> > No, you don't need LVM and even the grub in squeeze can boot from md
>> > devices.
>>
>> Apparently it can´t boot from RAID on this laptop. I have tried a lot
>> of different configurations, i. e. w
On Lu, 23 ian 12, 15:55:04, lee wrote:
> Andrei Popescu writes:
>
> > On Jo, 19 ian 12, 01:20:18, lee wrote:
> >>
> >> Well, this laptop has two harddrives out of which I´ll make a
> >> software RAID-1. Last time I checked, installing and booting from a
> >> RAID was only possible by using LVM (
Andrei Popescu writes:
> On Jo, 19 ian 12, 01:20:18, lee wrote:
>>
>> Well, this laptop has two harddrives out of which I´ll make a
>> software RAID-1. Last time I checked, installing and booting from a
>> RAID was only possible by using LVM (and md), and the d/i of Testing
>> was able to do tha
Andrei Popescu writes:
> On Jo, 19 ian 12, 01:20:18, lee wrote:
>>
>> Well, this laptop has two harddrives out of which I´ll make a
>> software RAID-1. Last time I checked, installing and booting from a
>> RAID was only possible by using LVM (and md), and the d/i of Testing
>> was able to do tha
On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 09:49:49PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> Another alternative is to do the install on another machine, and then to
> move/clone the resulting partition.
> Most of my Debian installs were done by cloning an existing system
> rather than going through the "debian-installation"
On Jo, 19 ian 12, 01:20:18, lee wrote:
>
> Well, this laptop has two harddrives out of which I´ll make a
> software RAID-1. Last time I checked, installing and booting from a
> RAID was only possible by using LVM (and md), and the d/i of Testing
> was able to do that pretty easily for me.
No, yo
On Jo, 19 ian 12, 10:11:08, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote:
> Have you thought of downloading and trying a Debian live install image (e.g.,
> http://www.debian.org/CD/live/index.en.html )?
> With it you should be able to get a running system with internet connection
> and
> USB storage ability without to
Have you thought of downloading and trying a Debian live install image (e.g.,
http://www.debian.org/CD/live/index.en.html )?
With it you should be able to get a running system with internet connection and
USB storage ability without touching the hard drive. In case something doesn't
work with your
> Most probably it's the firmware you require. This can be provided to d-i
> on a USB stick.
Another alternative is to do the install on another machine, and then to
move/clone the resulting partition.
Most of my Debian installs were done by cloning an existing system
rather than going through the
On Thu 19 Jan 2012 at 00:51:56 +, lee wrote:
> Sven Joachim wrote:
>>
>> No, what makes you think so? There should be a driver for your card in
>> the kernel, unless the device is too new. And it's only the firmware
>> which is not free.
>
> The instructions on [1] make me think so. They tel
Scott Ferguson wrote:
On 19/01/12 12:08, lee wrote:
Scott Ferguson wrote:
On 19/01/12 06:58, lee wrote:
Hi,
how do I download the packages in the non-free section and make them
useable by the Debian installer before starting the installation?
Easy[*1]:-
# apt-get -d install example_packa
On 19/01/12 12:19, lee wrote:
> Scott Ferguson wrote:
>
>> Ignore that noise - I heard installation as installation of packages
>> *not* installation of the OS.
>
> Oh, ok :)
>
>> Why you'd want to do instead of building from a netinstall CD (with any
>> required firmware packages) is another qu
Scott Ferguson wrote:
Ignore that noise - I heard installation as installation of packages
*not* installation of the OS.
Oh, ok :)
Why you'd want to do instead of building from a netinstall CD (with any
required firmware packages) is another question. However:-
You 'could' use apt-zip[*1] o
Scott Ferguson wrote:
Ignore that noise - I heard installation as installation of packages
*not* installation of the OS.
Oh, ok :)
Why you'd want to do instead of building from a netinstall CD (with any
required firmware packages) is another question. However:-
You 'could' use apt-zip[*1] o
On Thu 19 Jan 2012 at 00:31:33 +, lee wrote:
> According to [1], I need the "firmware-iwlwifi" and "wireless-tools"
> packages from the non-free section. I could download them before
> starting the installation and might end up having to dowload more
> packages to resolve dependencies ..
Brian wrote:
Please have a closer read of
http://wiki.debian.org/iwlagn
where it says
iwlagn is a module produced by the iwlwifi Linux kernel driver,
The module is the only software you need. It is free software. The
firmware, on the other hand, isn't. Both together get you all
Sven Joachim wrote:
On 2012-01-18 23:03 +0100, lee wrote:
Sven Joachim wrote:
On 2012-01-18 20:58 +0100, lee wrote:
Will I be able to get the wireless working with the first DVD before
making any changes to the hard disks?
If you want to get it working during installation, you have to prov
Andrei Popescu wrote:
On Mi, 18 ian 12, 22:03:22, lee wrote:
Will I be able to get the wireless working with the first DVD before
making any changes to the hard disks?
Network setup is before the partitioning step, at least you can stop if
you can't get wireless working and start over.
Cool
On 19/01/12 11:14, Scott Ferguson wrote:
> On 19/01/12 06:58, lee wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> how do I download the packages in the non-free section and make them
>> useable by the Debian installer before starting the installation?
>>
>
>
> Easy[*1]:-
>
> # apt-get -d install example_package/s
>
Ignor
On 19/01/12 06:58, lee wrote:
> Hi,
>
> how do I download the packages in the non-free section and make them
> useable by the Debian installer before starting the installation?
>
Easy[*1]:-
# apt-get -d install example_package/s
example_package/s will not be installed, but will be in
/var/cac
On Wed 18 Jan 2012 at 22:03:55 +, lee wrote:
> Then how do I get them?
A misunderstanding on my part. I had visions of your wanting a
considerable number of non-free packages! Apologies. All you need are
the firmware files from a firmware-iwlwifi .deb or .tar.gz.
> Ok, and how do I set up a
On Wed 18 Jan 2012 at 22:03:22 +, lee wrote:
> Hm, what´s the point in having the firmware only and not the software to
> get the wireless card to work? Apparently, I need software from the
> non-free section which isn´t included on the DVDs, so having the
> firmware only get´s me no more than
On 2012-01-18 23:03 +0100, lee wrote:
> Sven Joachim wrote:
>> On 2012-01-18 20:58 +0100, lee wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> how do I download the packages in the non-free section and make them
>>> useable by the Debian installer before starting the installation?
>>
>> Download any needed packages on a
On Mi, 18 ian 12, 22:03:22, lee wrote:
>
> Will I be able to get the wireless working with the first DVD before
> making any changes to the hard disks?
Network setup is before the partitioning step, at least you can stop if
you can't get wireless working and start over.
>
> Hm, what´s the poi
Brian wrote:
On Wed 18 Jan 2012 at 19:58:25 +, lee wrote:
how do I download the packages in the non-free section and make them
useable by the Debian installer before starting the installation?
You don't.
Then how do I get them?
The problem is installing Debian on a laptop with wirele
Sven Joachim wrote:
On 2012-01-18 20:58 +0100, lee wrote:
Hi,
how do I download the packages in the non-free section and make them
useable by the Debian installer before starting the installation?
Download any needed packages on another computer and put them on a USB
stick that you plug in
On 2012-01-18 20:58 +0100, lee wrote:
> Hi,
>
> how do I download the packages in the non-free section and make them
> useable by the Debian installer before starting the installation?
Download any needed packages on another computer and put them on a USB
stick that you plug in when you install D
On Wed 18 Jan 2012 at 19:58:25 +, lee wrote:
> how do I download the packages in the non-free section and make them
> useable by the Debian installer before starting the installation?
You don't.
> The problem is installing Debian on a laptop with wireless only. So I
> need to dowload all
Hi,
how do I download the packages in the non-free section and make them
useable by the Debian installer before starting the installation?
The problem is installing Debian on a laptop with wireless only. So I
need to dowload all the DVDs before starting the installation, and still
the softwa
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