[CentOS] Netinstall wants to use wlan0
Jeff Gordon
jeff.gordon at wellnow.com
Thu Dec 8 08:52:35 UTC 2011
Hi, Fabien --
Thanks. :-) I removed two screws that seemed to be holding a cover in place
over the HD-and-memory compartment, but the cover remained pretty tightly in
place anyway. Dunno what I'm missing -- but if there's a switch in this laptop
I'd figure it must be in there. (?) Now what...
-- Jeff --
On Thu, Dec 08, 2011 at 09:34:10AM +0100, Fabien Archambault wrote:
> On 12/08/2011 09:11 AM, Jeff Gordon wrote:
> > Hi, Folks --
> >
> > I'm setting up an Acer Aspire 5250 as a Christmas gift, CentOS 6 netinstall
> > insists on trying to configure wlan0 but I'm using a wired DSL connection,
> > consequently netinstall fails and only offers the option to Retry.
> >
> > How can I get it to bypass the wlan0 idea and go straight to eth0...?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> Hi,
>
> I believe there is an hardware switch available to shutdown the wirless
> on this laptop. If you disable it then no wlan0 can be used.
>
> Fabien
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