the wifi issue was not rfkill related; rather, the wifi just has very low signal strength, looks like a powersaving mode that's active even though it shouldn't. i haven't found out more yet, i'll keep this bug report updated. a thing i forgot to mention: not only asks the installer for the wifi firmware in firmware-brcm80211, but also for ethernet firmware in firmware-realtek. ethernet works without the firmware as well, though probably at reduced speed. i've assembled instructions for installing debian on e135 devices at [1]. it contains some information that doesn't really belong in an installation report, but could be useful for people who end up here anyway. [1] http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Debian_7.0_(Wheezy)_on_a_ThinkPad_Edge_E135
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