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borfig
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 Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 4:02 pm Post subject: [SOLVED] Having working wireless for installation |
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I have got my hands on a laptop with:
| Code: | 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200/2nd Generation Core Processor Family PCI Express Root Port (rev 09)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b4)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev b4)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev b4)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev b4)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev b4)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation QM67 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.2 RAID bus controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 82801 SATA RAID Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GF108 [Quadro NVS 4200M] (rev a1)
01:00.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation HDMI Audio stub (rev a1)
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6205 (rev 34)
0b:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): O2 Micro, Inc. Device 13f7 (rev 05)
0b:00.1 SD Host controller: O2 Micro, Inc. Device 8321 (rev 05)
0b:00.2 Mass storage controller: O2 Micro, Inc. O2 Flash Memory Card (rev 05) |
I want to use wireless to downlad stage3 and friends.
But the install live cd does not (?) recognize it.
Any ideas?
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slackline
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Try using a different LiveCD to boot the laptop from, there are tons out there, find one that supports your wireless card (you'll have to slightly tweak the instructions as you work through them from the handbook, but it should be fairly obvious).
This is possible because you chroot into a new environment during the install after having booted from the live disc.
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John R. Graham
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| Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 4:22 pm Post subject: |
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Yes. SystemRescueCD has much better wireless support than the Gentoo Install CDs. It's Gentoo-based and supports a flawless Gentoo Handbook guided install.
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Gusar
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Check dmesg for any interesting messages. The only thing I can think of is that the install media lacks the necessary firmware, check /lib/firmware/ for iwlwifi-6*.ucode files. If they're not there, use some other livecd, you don't actually need the official install media to install Gentoo, you can use anything you want. SystemRescueCD is usually recommended.
Edit: Bah, beaten by two replies. Only because I wanted to check intellinuxwireless.org to find out which exact firmware is necessary, but the stupid page won't load. |
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borfig
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| Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 9:02 pm Post subject: |
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| SystemRescueCD 2.4.0 did the trick. |
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