tisdagen den 17 april 2012 22.47.18 skrev Thomas Backlund: > 17.04.2012 22:40, Morgan Leijström skrev: > > tisdagen den 17 april 2012 10.49.12 skrev Morgan Leijström: > >> måndagen den 16 april 2012 21.42.00 skrev Thomas Backlund: > >>> 16.04.2012 22:24, Florian Hubold skrev: > >>>> Am 16.04.2012 11:01, schrieb Thomas Backlund: > >>>>> Trouble for most (if not almost all) wireless usage is that we would > >>>>> need to know how to find and connect to the wireless AP and enter > >>>>> passwords etc, and this falls out of scope of boot.iso as it needs > >>>>> network access to download stage2 installer where this could be done. > >>>> > >>>> Uhmm, maybe i didn't understand something, but what > >>>> would be the point then to have some wireless firmwares > >>>> in boot-nonfree.iso ? > >>> > >>> not much for now, the iwl packages I have added is in order to test > >>> what can be done... but that is still wip.... > >>> > >>> But it also carries kernel-firmware-nonfree wich is needed for some > >>> disc controllers and even wired lan cards and so on...
I put a suggestion on a stripped down LiveCD here: https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5467 For best HW compatibility, but not having to download a whole CD. (It is much for some people) > >> > >> Is it supposed to support PC-cards? > >> > >> I got the feeling my PC card did not get powered/initialised, as not > >> even the LED showing cable connection lit up. > > > > Now I remeber i did take a photo of the message when it gives up. > > > > I type it here: > > No NET device found. > > > > Hint: If you're using a Laptop, note that > > PCMCIA Network adapters are now supported > > either with 'pcmcia.img' or 'network.img'. > > please try both these bootdisks. > > > > [OK] > > Heh, thats old code/warning/info that should be removed... https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5466 > > > Not finding these images i suppose this message should be updated to > > refer to all.img and/or boot-nonfree.iso? > > file a BR Two: wifi and PC-Card respectively support on network installer isos. https://forums.mageia.org/en/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=2191&p=16743#p16743 > attach output of dmesg and lspcidrake -v Actually i have changed wifi now for better performance. I wil test whatever gets asked in the bug. -if it is at all intended to be supported or we just set this as enhancement request(s) instead. -- Morgan Leijström
