Re: Help please - install the WiFi driver

2013-03-03 Thread Mr G
able to search the archives. On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 9:51 PM, Mark Filipak wrote: > On 2013/3/3 9:21 PM, Mr G wrote: > >> If I didn't think it was necessary I wouldn't have asked you to run the >> commands. >> > > Quite right. My error. For convenience, I

Re: Help please - install the WiFi driver

2013-03-03 Thread Mr G
command as normal user using sudo you will need to be in the group named sudo. On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 6:10 PM, Mr G wrote: > No, dpkg -s just simply tells you if it is installed. If it's not then: > > $ cd > is then: > > $ sudo dpkg -i firmware-iwlwifi.deb > > or >

Re: Help please - install the WiFi driver

2013-03-03 Thread Mr G
No, dpkg -s just simply tells you if it is installed. If it's not then: $ cd wrote: > On 2013/3/3 6:10 PM, Mr G wrote: > >> You need the firmware-iwlwifi package. >> >> # dpkg -s firmware-iwlwifi >> > > You mean this one: > > firmware-iwlwifi_0.2

Re: Help please - install the WiFi driver

2013-03-03 Thread Mr G
You need the firmware-iwlwifi package. # dpkg -s firmware-iwlwifi will tell you if the package is installed. It probably wont be on the install disk as it is the nonfree repository. You may have to adjust /etc/apt/sources.list depending on how you answered the questions when you installed. And l

Re: moving /var

2013-03-01 Thread Mr G
Why can't you just #mount --rebind /var /newvar B G On Mar 1, 2013 4:00 PM, "Bob Proulx" wrote: > Bonno Bloksma wrote: > > >> A simple live CD is sufficient: > > >> Debian netinst minimal CD in rescue mode is sufficient to do so. > > >> Do not forget to update the /etc/fstab configuration file