using chroot to get packages needed for wireless card

[Wes Reneau <wes@lugot.org>]

There was a recent reply to an users problem where he could boot up with 
knoppix, issue chroot and then download and install some packages to his 
"out of commision" machine.

Being new to this scheme I saw a ray of light burst forth with a 
possible fix for my problem.  I posted earlier about a Linksys WPC11 
card and a clean install of Debian.  Can I boot to knoppix and upgrade 
my woody to unstable with this feature/tool?  Being KNOPPIX supports my 
card on boot up this would make my problem solving much easier.

If so could you explain how this might be done to a newbie?

Thanks