On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 10:18:45AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 10:53:31PM -0700, Serena Cantor wrote: > > > > English is my second language. I have thought that etch installation > > CD has driver for rt2500 based card and it will auto detect card, > > auto load driver and auto config wireless connection. Surely this > > does not happen. > > surely. the claim that the rt2500 card will work "out of the box" > doesn't mean you can use it to *install* with. The available modules > and support for hardware within the installer is a subset of what is > available within a fully installed system. As others have said, you'll > have to install using some other method, but once installed, you > should be able to make this card work with relative ease.
There are wireless drivers in the kernel so, with appropriate hardware, an install over WiFi should be possible. However, I imagine all of them are free. The rt2500 driver may not be included because it is considered to be non-free. Debian certainly regards it as such, which is why it not on the installation CD. If Serena follows Gabrielle Chatelet's advice she should be up and running in no time. -- Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]