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Jeremy Olexa wrote: |
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> Yup, ipw2200 works fine with Gentoo. I have never tried installing with |
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> wireless though. Have you tried networkless install to get it working |
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> and then once gentoo is running update the system? Or perhaps install on |
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> a wired connection (I'm sure you would try this if you have the ability |
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> to =) |
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> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/2006.0/handbook-x86.xml?full=1 |
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> (includes instructions for networkless install) |
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> Sry, I can't help on the installer issue, I haven't ever used the LiveCD |
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> to install, only console. |
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> -Jeremy |
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Thanks for the tips Jeremy. |
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I did get it to work. I will file a bug with Gentoo about the install |
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CD missing the ipw2200 firmware. |
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For those interested here is what I needed to do. My laptop is a new |
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Toshiba and has an Intel Pro ipw2200 based wireless along with a wired |
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eth0. However the wired nic is a Marvell Tech. piece of junk and does |
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not work. So the only two options I had were to get my ipw2200 working, |
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which I knew worked under Ubuntu or try my D-Link pc card. The PC card |
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did not work. |
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What I did was boot with the latest Ubuntu install CD. It is very nice |
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and is a full working Gnome system. That CD did have the needed ipw2200 |
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firmware binaries so I could get to the net. However, it did not have a |
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compile tool chain so I could not build Gentoo chroot with it. I used |
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the Ubuntu CD to cfdisk my partitions just like I would with Gentoo. I |
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then downloaded the firmware (I grabbed every version to be safe) to the |
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new partitions and booted with the Gentoo install CD. I then modprob -r |
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ipw220, turned off the hardware switch for my wireless card and |
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extracted all the firmware tarballs. Flipped the wireless switch on, |
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modprobe ipw2200 and net-setup eth1. I then had to manually us iwconfig |
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and then I was able to ping my gateway and get to the net. |
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I get to have Gentoo on my vacation! |
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Jim |
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