Jeremy Olexa wrote: > > Yup, ipw2200 works fine with Gentoo. I have never tried installing with > wireless though. Have you tried networkless install to get it working > and then once gentoo is running update the system? Or perhaps install on > a wired connection (I'm sure you would try this if you have the ability > to =) > > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/2006.0/handbook-x86.xml?full=1 > (includes instructions for networkless install) > > Sry, I can't help on the installer issue, I haven't ever used the LiveCD > to install, only console. > > -Jeremy
Thanks for the tips Jeremy. I did get it to work. I will file a bug with Gentoo about the install CD missing the ipw2200 firmware. For those interested here is what I needed to do. My laptop is a new Toshiba and has an Intel Pro ipw2200 based wireless along with a wired eth0. However the wired nic is a Marvell Tech. piece of junk and does not work. So the only two options I had were to get my ipw2200 working, which I knew worked under Ubuntu or try my D-Link pc card. The PC card did not work. What I did was boot with the latest Ubuntu install CD. It is very nice and is a full working Gnome system. That CD did have the needed ipw2200 firmware binaries so I could get to the net. However, it did not have a compile tool chain so I could not build Gentoo chroot with it. I used the Ubuntu CD to cfdisk my partitions just like I would with Gentoo. I then downloaded the firmware (I grabbed every version to be safe) to the new partitions and booted with the Gentoo install CD. I then modprob -r ipw220, turned off the hardware switch for my wireless card and extracted all the firmware tarballs. Flipped the wireless switch on, modprobe ipw2200 and net-setup eth1. I then had to manually us iwconfig and then I was able to ping my gateway and get to the net. I get to have Gentoo on my vacation! Jim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= There's no place like 127.0.0.1 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= JimD Central FL, USA, Earth, Sol -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
