[arch-releng] intel modem drivers (WAS: Archiso patch (FS#10831))

Roman Kyrylych roman.kyrylych at gmail.com
Sat Jul 25 12:25:15 EDT 2009


On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 12:34, Dieter Plaetinck<dieter at plaetinck.be> wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Jul 2009 10:42:10 +0200
> Gerhard Brauer <gerbra at archlinux.de> wrote:
>
>> Am Samstag, den 25.07.2009, 10:01 +0200 schrieb Dieter Plaetinck:
>> >
>> > @ all: is there an easy way to check if we should include any more drivers?
>> > We probably didn't give enough attention to the package list
>>
>>
>> Looking for firmware/driver, missing from pacman output are:
> how exactly do you check this?
>
>> core/b43-fwcutter (don't think this is usefull on LiveCD)
> no idea

Yes, it is useful on LiveCD, providing that user has a firmware somewhere.
I used it to install Arch on my laptop using WiFi connection on my job,
with firmware downloaded from a working computer and stored on an USB
flashdrive.

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Roman Kyrylych (Роман Кирилич)


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