[DC LoCo] [Dclug] Installing wireless drivers without internet

[Eric Maag]

Heya,

The setting up the local webserver to feed the files did the trick.

Muchas Gracias!

Eric

On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 6:58 PM, Aaron M. Ucko <amu at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> Kevin Dwyer <kevin at pheared.net> writes:
>
>> This is probably one of the packages that goes out and downloads another
>> file to install, similar to adobe flash. It's working around licensing.
>
> Right.  To quote my reply to Eric, which is sitting in the dclug
> moderator queue because I used my @debian.org address:
>
>  I'm sorry you've been running into so much trouble.  Please try making a
>  copy of /usr/share/b43-fwcutter/install_bcm43xx_firmware.sh with the
>  wget invocations commented out and running it (as root) from a directory
>  into which you've already downloaded the necessary files.
>
> The local web server idea is clever too, though he might need to use the
> same sneakernet technique to make one available.
>
> --
> Aaron M. Ucko, KB1CJC (amu at alum.mit.edu, ucko at debian.org)
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