[CentOS] Intel wireless firmware

Sat Oct 29 18:25:05 UTC 2011
Ron Loftin <reloftin at twcny.rr.com>

On Sat, 2011-10-29 at 20:17 +0200, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:
> Vreme: 10/29/2011 07:41 PM, Ron Loftin piše:
> >
> > This may not be the best place to ask, but Google hasn't given me any
> > useful information.
> >
> > I have an "older" laptop that is using the Intel 2200 wireless
> > interface.  I installed CentOS 5 on it some time ago and everything is
> > fine.  When I was reviewing my kickstart setups I found that the ipw2200
> > firmware package is no longer available in RPMForge.  The CentOS site's
> > how-to page for this interface still refers to RPMForge, so that now
> > seems out of date.
> >
> > What happened to the Intel firmware packages on RPMForge and where else
> > should I be looking for them ?  I tried ELRepo and didn't see them
> > there.
> >
> > Suggestions and pointers are welcome, and thanks in advance.
> >
> 
> ipw2200-firmware is part of base system now, at least I have that 
> package installed by anaconda.

I see it in my local mirrors for CentOS 6, but I'm still running CentOS
5 on this laptop and other boxes.  I would like to be able to re-install
the same version if something bad happens, and right now it looks like I
can't do it.

> 
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