Frederik Dannemare wrote: > I will suggest an errata item for the release candidate installer that > should be available in a couple of days from now: > > ********************************************************************* > > PCMCIA device shifting (between CD-ROM and NIC) during install: > > If you choose to install Debian via CD, but you only have your CD-ROM > drive and NIC (which you want to setup and use as primary NIC during > installation) accessible via a single PCMCIA slot in your computer, > here is what you can do to work around this situation. > > Boot the installer with the CD-ROM device plugged into the PCMCIA slot > and do a normal 1st stage installation, except that you should skip > network setup or just type in dummy values at this point. > > Then when it says "Installation complete", choose 'Go back' to drop back > to the main menu. Now change the PCMCIA device from CD-ROM to NIC, and > choose to 'Detect network hardware'. Your NIC should now be detected > and you can continue (again 'Go back' to main menu) to 'Network > configuration'. > > If your NIC is a wireless, press Alt+F2 to get a shell. Change the > PCMCIA device from NIC to CD-ROM and type in the shell: > chroot /target > mount /cdrom > apt-get install wireless-tools > umount /cdrom > exit > Go back to Alt+F1 and change the PCMCIA device from CD-ROM to NIC. > > Choose 'Continue' to reboot (with NIC in PCMCIA slot) and thereby finish > the 1st stage of the installation process. > > When 2st stage comes up after the reboot, you should have a working NIC > and as such you can choose to download extra packages via ftp, http, > etc. > > Should you, however, not have a working NIC at this point, go to the > shell (Alt+F2) and try to reload your NIC: > ifdown <iface> && ifup <iface> > Return to Alt+F1 and continue installation (assuming networking now > works)... > ********************************************************************* I think this might be more appopriate as a kind of howto page on our wiki than as an errata item. -- see shy jo
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