On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Mark <mamar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to install the firmware for an Intel ipw2100 wifi card on a > Dell Latitude D800 laptop (the driver is supported in the Lenny kernel, just > not the firmware). According to this page > http://wiki.debian.org/ipw2200(note bold text by Steve McIntyre) the Debian > installer should be able to > read the tarball file during the installation; I tried last night but the > installer needs the .fw file not the tar.gz file. Every link I've tried, > including this one http://packages.debian.org/lenny/firmware-ipw2x00 is > either a tar.gz or .deb file. I can't seem to find a download for .fw...any > ideas or help out there? I suppose I can install the firmware after getting > Lenny installed by adding "contrib non-free" to /apt/sources.list, but since > the installer prompts for "ipw2100-1.3.fw" file during installation, I'd > like to get it installed at that time. > > Thanks in advance for any ideas. > > Mark >
Actually, I've experienced problems with setting up wifi connnections after installing the firmware during the installation phase. You're much better off installing the firmware via aptitude after installing. Arthur
