On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 8:35 PM, JD <jd1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 01/14/2018 02:22 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > >> On 01/15/18 05:19, Ed Greshko wrote: >> >>> kernel-devel x86_64 4.14.13-300.fc27 updates >>> 12 M >>> kernel-headers x86_64 4.14.13-300.fc27 updates >>> 1.2 M >>> >> >> Note these packages are from updates. If the laptop system hasn't been >> updated one >> can use.... >> >> dnf --disablerepo updates --downloadonly --downloaddir=/tmp install >> broadcom-wl >> >> to get.... >> >> kernel-devel x86_64 4.13.9-300.fc27 fedora >> 11 M >> kernel-headers x86_64 4.13.9-300.fc27 fedora >> 1.2 M >> > All done and installed and all is well on my friend's f27 laptop. > The snag I ran into had to do with the fact that the un-networked > laptop, while trying to install the broadcom rpm and the dependencies, > kept throwing me a curve: dnf kep saying it was unable to sync with the > repositories: updates, fedora, rpmfusion.... > > How could it, since I was trying to install the very things that WOULD > enable it to sync. > So, before I gave up, I added the command argument: > --disablerepo=* > and lo and behold all the rpms in question got installed, and I rebooted, > and the network was on. Ran updates. All is well. > > Thanx a lot!! > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org >
JD I don't believe that the workstation ISO will have what you need, as it is a netinstall image. You will probably want the server image, I'm downloading that to check it now.
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