On Tue 24 Jul 2012 at 17:08:50 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > Has anyone actually used netinst (any generation) to install Debian > (any generation) to a virgin laptop when the *ONLY* available > internet was using a WiFi hotspot? ???
Yes. > All my attempts have failed at DHCP negotiation. A possible failure to associate with the wireless access point. What does lspci (or lsusb) say the card is? > The same physical laptop (and at least one other) has happily > connected at the identical physical location using Debian LiveCD, > Ubuntu LiveCD, Slacko 5.3.3 LiveCD and (IIRC) Porteus 1.2 LiveCD. Encouraging. The Debian Live connection was set up and established after the OS had been booted? -- 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/20120725090658.GL7631@desktop
