Intel 2100 wireless firmware (ipw2100-1.3.fw) for Lenny installation
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From: Andrei Popescu on 19 Jan 2010 14:20 On Tue,19.Jan.10, 11:00:33, Mark wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to install the firmware for an Intel ipw2100 wifi card on a Dell > Latitude D800 laptop (the driver is supported in the Lenny kernel, just not > the firmware). According to this page http://wiki.debian.org/ipw2200 (note > bold text by Steve McIntyre) the Debian installer should be able to read the > tarball file during the installation; I tried last night but the installer > needs the .fw file not the tar.gz file. Every link I've tried, including > this one http://packages.debian.org/lenny/firmware-ipw2x00 is either a > tar.gz or .deb file. I can't seem to find a download for .fw...any ideas or > help out there? I suppose I can install the firmware after getting Lenny > installed by adding "contrib non-free" to /apt/sources.list, but since the > installer prompts for "ipw2100-1.3.fw" file during installation, I'd like to > get it installed at that time. Last time I tried this it was enough to have the .deb on some media (I used an USB stick). Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic |