It's quite alright. At any rate, the fedora release packages would not have helped a lot, because the crucial packages had to come from rpmfusion in order to enable the functioning of the broadcom 4322 chipset. Cheers, JD
On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 2:18 AM, Terry Polzin <foxec...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 8:30 PM, JD <jd1...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On 01/25/2018 07:14 AM, Terry Polzin wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 8:38 AM, Terry Polzin <foxec...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:foxec...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 8:35 PM, JD <jd1...@gmail.com >>> <mailto: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 >>> <mailto:users@lists.fedoraproject.org> >>> To unsubscribe send an email to >>> users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org >>> <mailto: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. >>> >>> >>> JD >>> >>> The server iso has what you need, >>> >>> Yes you are right, but it is too late now :) >> >> I should have looked there myself :) >> _______________________________________________ >> users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org >> > > Sorry for the delay JD got busy at the office -Terry > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > >
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