On Mon, 15 Nov 2010 13:00:04 +0300, Mark Goldshtein wrote: > On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 6:56 PM, Camaleón 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.
How bad (and strange nobody noticed) ;-( Maybe you can use the pressed option (I've never tried before, just know it exists) or you can try with something like that: Netbooting and Firmware http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/NetbootFirmware Anyway... I just have noted that you wanted to use WPA and only WEP encryption is available at install time. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- 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/pan.2010.11.15.11.51...@gmail.com
