Re: newbie: net install via wireless PC card?
Okay, I got the base system installed with a pile of floppies.
I floppied over the installer for the ATMEL driver and configuration apps.
from http://sourceforge.net/projects/atmelwlandriver/
Now the problem is "make" which is required for the ATMEL installer, does
not seem to be included in the base system. So I got the .deb package for
"make" but I get lots of errors with make, including a complaint that "gcc"
is not available. Loking at the deb packages for gcc it looks like there
are lots of dependent packages I would need as well. There must be a better
way to go about getting my wireless card to work. Any ideas? Is there some
way to manually install the drivers?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Webster Kelsey" <wtk98@hotmail.com>
To: <debian-laptop@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 4:36 PM
Subject: newbie: net install via wireless PC card?
> I am trying to install Debian (woody) on an old Thinkpad 560. I have
> created the rescue, boot and drivers1-4 floppies.
>
> My only means of loading stuff on to the laptop are the floppy drive and
> wireless card. I would like to do a network install. The problem is I
> can't get the system to recognize the card or install the drivers.
>
> The wireless card is an ATMEL/RFMD chipset PCMCIA card. How do I make the
> drivers avialable so I can do a newtork install of Debian 3.0? Can I get
> the drivers to show up in the 'Configure Device Driver Modules' -> 'net'
> menu?
>
> here are some more specs on the card:
> http://shop.store.yahoo.com/micro-plus-store/wipccaforla.html
>
> This is my first Linux installation, so the simpler the solution the
better.
>
>
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