Re: questions about debian installer prompts re: iwlwifi firmware

2015-09-25 Thread Karagkiaouris Diamantis
I would like to add that there is also iso with non free drivers on debian.org. Just check if your hardware is included. Basically most hardware is included but one more check never matters. On 25.09.2015 12:17, Haines Brown wrote: On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 04:17:23PM -0700, tom arnall wrote: G

Re: questions about debian installer prompts re: iwlwifi firmware

2015-09-25 Thread David Wright
Quoting Haines Brown (hai...@histomat.net): > On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 04:17:23PM -0700, tom arnall wrote: > > Greetings! > > > > I am trying to install Debian on a Dell620 with USB stick media. When > > the installer tried to configure the network software, it asked for an > > iwlwifi firmware fil

Re: questions about debian installer prompts re: iwlwifi firmware

2015-09-25 Thread Himanshu Shekhar
You can ignore the firmware, you won't be able to use wifi. However, you can complete the installation process and then download the firmware and install it after you reboot it successfully. On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 3:22 PM, Riley Baird < bm-2cvqnduybau5do2dfjtrn7zbaj246s4...@bitmessage.ch> wrote:

Re: questions about debian installer prompts re: iwlwifi firmware

2015-09-25 Thread Riley Baird
> How do I get the installer to load the firmware file? I had this problem a while ago, but I can't remember how I solved it. The firmware packages or files have to be in either the root directory, or a directory named /firmware. Also, the USB has to be FAT32 formatted. pgpcoXMAmE2oV.pgp Descri

Re: questions about debian installer prompts re: iwlwifi firmware

2015-09-25 Thread Haines Brown
On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 04:17:23PM -0700, tom arnall wrote: > Greetings! > > I am trying to install Debian on a Dell620 with USB stick media. When > the installer tried to configure the network software, it asked for an > iwlwifi firmware file. Tom, I regret no one has answered your question yet,

Re: Questions about Debian

2000-04-11 Thread kmself
On Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 03:00:24PM -0600, Lachlan Robinson wrote: > To whom it may concern, > I am considering using Debian on my computer, but I have a question, is > Debian a GUI (Graphical User Interface)? I have installed and are using the > 'basic' installation (from the 7 1.44 meg images),

Re: Questions about Debian

2000-04-10 Thread Kent West
Lachlan Robinson wrote: > To whom it may concern, > I am considering using Debian on my computer, but I have a question, is > Debian a GUI (Graphical User Interface)? I have installed and are using the > 'basic' installation (from the 7 1.44 meg images), and it resembles an > x-term or DOS enviro

Re: Questions about Debian

2000-04-10 Thread Marshal Kar-Cheung Wong
You need to download the X server to get a GUI. Marshal > "Lachlan" == Lachlan Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > To whom it may concern, I am considering using Debian on my > computer, but I have a question, is Debian a GUI (Graphical User > Interface)? I have installed and

Re: Questions about Debian 2.0

1998-08-29 Thread Torsten Hilbrich
On: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 07:38:39 +0200 Remo Badii writes: > > Thank you. > I had "solved" the mtools problem by enabling rw for /dev/fd0 for > oug. Is this wrong? The group floppy allows finer control on who may use the floppy disc. However, if everyone should be able to write to disk its not a big

Re: Questions about Debian 2.0

1998-08-28 Thread Remo Badii
Thank you. I had "solved" the mtools problem by enabling rw for /dev/fd0 for oug. Is this wrong? Remo | Dr. Remo Badii | Paul Scherrer Institute | | Nonlinear Dynamics and | 5232 Villigen PSI | | Stochastic Processe

Re: Questions about Debian 2.0

1998-08-27 Thread Torsten Hilbrich
On: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 12:21:55 +0200 Remo Badii writes: > > Dear Debian users/developers, > I have a few questions which arised during my (successful) installation of > Debian 2.0 on a Thinkpad 760 CD. Please consider that this is my first Linux > installation at all and have mercy. > > 1) When t

Re: Questions about Debian 2.0

1998-08-27 Thread Rafael Cordones Marcos
On Thu, Aug 27, 1998 at 12:21:55PM +0200, Remo Badii wrote: > 2) When pressing CTRL-ALT-DEL (programmed to halt the system in inittab), > the machine halts but is not powered off. Is this because I have not > chosen the APM package during installation (overlooked it, probably)? > Do I