On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 6:56 PM, Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, 13 Nov 2010 20:31:37 +0300, Mark Goldshtein wrote: > >> Have tried to install Debian Squeeze (weekly builds 2010-11-08) on a >> laptop with Intel 2100 Wifi card. Card's firmware is packed into native >> debianic non-free tarball. As explained here: >> http://wiki.debian.org/ipw2200, it is enough to supply the tarball to >> the running installer on any removable media mentioned. But the >> installer first seek for fd0 floppy and seek forever, endlessly >> educating me about FAT16 file system, dangerous uppercase names and >> related troubles, as I have noticed at hidden F4 console. No single >> warning sign, progress bar or other useful info on a current active >> screen. As a countermeasure, I have searched my pockets, found USB >> floppy drive and wrote floppy diskette, plugged that into laptop but >> installer continue its tries for ghost fd0 and does not react on other >> removable media inserted in all sockets and holes. If you, please, help >> me to find a workaround to subdue that bad robot? Maybe it is possible >> to implant the firmware into installer ISO? And no, I cannot install >> using a netinstall image, because the installer does not support WPA and >> even if we will resolve firmware situation, the installation will not >> continue anyway. > > It should work. Or at least it is documented to do it so: > > 6.4. Loading Missing Firmware > http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.amd64/ch06s04.html > > Did you try by putting the firmware into USB stick (not floppy)?
Yes, I did. It does not see the firmware on USB stick, looking on fd0 instead (or first, probably). Have tried tarball, firmware file itself, etc. -- Sincerely Yours' Mark Goldshtein -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktimt9wwoxxd9g46yb=m62l=jki3z7u+lqgqm6...@mail.gmail.com
