On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 02:03:57PM -0800, Benjamin Smith wrote:
IMHO, if you are intending to install an O/S, and will need to have an Internet connection, you should ALWAYS have a thumb drive and another computer with a confirmed Internet connection before starting. The only exception to this rule is when installing OSX on a Mac - because they control the hardware and the software, you're almost always good to go out of the gate.
Windows is like this, Linux/BSD/etc is the same way.
???? I don't understand your assertion. I have installed a few hundred FreeBSD systems and never used a USB drive. The earlier machines didn't even have them. I just stuck in the CD and booted and went merrily along. Most of the installs were done over the net with the CD only bringing up the sysinstall and getting the disk sliced and labeled.
I have also done a few dozen CentOS installs without useing any flash drive.
////jerry
Get a cup of coffee at a cybercafe if you need to for the 'net access!
That said, I've had little trouble with the Intel Wireless 2100 in the past on a Dell Inspiron 600m. Do a google search for "ipw2100", various RPM options show on the first page for me.
Good luck!
On Wednesday, February 16, 2011 12:08:05 pm Robert Heller wrote:
At Wed, 16 Feb 2011 13:44:17 -0600 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org
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On 02/16/2011 01:06 PM, Les Mikesell wrote:
On 2/16/2011 12:41 PM, Robert Heller wrote:
The wireless on the X31 is an Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter (rev 04). Intel wireless chips are *very well* supported *out of the box* under CentOS. You do need to download and install the proper firmware.
Isn't being supported "out of the box" and having to download something else a contradiction in terms? Not to mention a catch-22 when your usual connection to download is over wireless...
So tell that to Red Hat.
If it ain't in RHEL, it ain't in CentOS. Les, surely you know that by now.
Also *wireless* NICs almost always need some sort of firmware thing in /lib/firmware (or whereever). This is usually separate from any driver(s) that might be needed. Wired NICs don't need this firmware thing.
In my case my usual connection is not wireless anyway, or at least it is not my only option -- the laptop does have a wired NIC, which also works *out of the box* and is also an Intel NIC (Intel Corporation 82540EP Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Mobile) (rev 03)). Oh, and it also has USB ports, which would be another option.
(And *I* would avoid any laptop that *only* had a Wireless NIC.)
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