Re: squeeze on a Dell Latitude D620
On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 12:29:48PM -0700, Glenn English wrote:
> The squeeze netinstall doesn't have the driver software for this laptop's Broadcom 4311 Ethernet card. And it can't find the WiFi card. So I'm trying to install a netinstall with no net.
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> I'm installing from a USB stick. I can't download a DVD install because the USB stick I have is only 2GB. (The CD drive is out on loan, 1000 miles away...)
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> Can anyone tell me how to get this box going? (WiFi doesn't work either, but I'm not worrying about this right now.)
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> I have another computer next to it that does have network connectivity, and I've looked at the Debian site for what I think is the right stuff -- I downloaded the .deb, copied to USB, and installed on the laptop (with dpkg). Nothing seems to have happened.
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> Oh, I looked at the BIOS to make sure Ethernet was on; it is, and it used to work on lenny. lspci shows the Broadcom to be there too.
Install lenny and do a dist-upgrade?
./tony
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