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From: Gavin Seddon <gavin.m.seddon@×××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-laptop@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-laptop] ibm t42 inst
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 11:17:49
Message-Id: 1155384787.7291.4.camel@linuxstation.homenetwork
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-laptop] ibm t42 inst by "Lucas Lürich"
1 Thanks,
2 The graphical installer
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4 http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/installer/index.xml
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8 On Fri, 2006-08-11 at 12:51 +0200, Lucas Lürich wrote:
9 > Hi,
10 >
11 > which adapter is in your t42?
12 > according to http://www.thinkwiki.org it could be one of:
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14 > IBM 11b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter
15 > IBM 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter
16 > IBM 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter II
17 > Intel PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter
18 > Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Mini-PCI Adapter
19 > Intel PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Mini-PCI Adapter
20 >
21 > in a t42.
22 > i own and use a t41p with the ibm abg and it should work with the
23 > athereos driver, which is in portage. i have some problems with
24 > connecting though, but if you have a ibm wireless pci adapter then the
25 > athereos driver should bring you forward i guess.
26 >
27 > what exactly do you mean with:
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29 > "point me to the x86 graphical x86 installer"?
30 >
31 > hope i could help you(at least a bit) so far and if you have further
32 > questions, i'll try to help.
33 >
34 >
35 > greetings,
36 > Lucas
37 >
38 > Gavin Seddon wrote:
39 > > Hi,
40 > > I'm trying to get my wireless working on my t42. I can't and I don't
41 > > know where to start since iwconfig sees nothing. Can anyone help. Also
42 > > can anyone point me to the x86 graphical x86 installer? This may pick
43 > > up networking.
44 > > Thanks.
45 >
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