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sw1995
June 28th, 2007, 11:15 PM
I have recently tried out a Debian Etch live cd and thoroughly enjoyed it and it seems to play very nicely with my computer; I want to switch over, however, I am worried about getting my wireless card working as some of the workarounds seem complicated (acx100/111 driver), and although I think I can handle it, I'd rather find an easy alternative as I do not have convenient access to a direct internet connection.

Here is my question: it is working beautifully out of the box here in good ole' Ubuntu, so is there any way of transferring the driver and configuration files to a cd-r and then transferring over once Etch is installed? I am sure I am missing a colossal piece of the logic here, so please be gentle:)

kerry_s
June 28th, 2007, 11:44 PM
debian gnome desktop has the same network tools as ubuntu, you should be fine.
the kde version should be okay to, it has a good network manager.
xfce4 version, i think you have to install the fancy gui stuff.

gnome> http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian-cd/4.0_r0/i386/iso-cd/debian-40r0-i386-CD-1.iso
kde> http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian-cd/4.0_r0/i386/iso-cd/debian-40r0-i386-kde-CD-1.iso
xfce4> http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian-cd/4.0_r0/i386/iso-cd/debian-40r0-i386-xfce-CD-1.iso

shae
June 29th, 2007, 08:35 AM
I fear you will need a normal connection and to use this guide: http://acx100.sourceforge.net/wiki/Distribution_list/Debian

sw1995
June 29th, 2007, 11:06 AM
Thanks for the link! I'll give it a shot this weekend.