Wireless

[Jerry Feldman]

On 09/18/2008 05:28 PM, Ben Scott wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 5:19 PM, Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> wrote:
>   
>> My experience with Ubuntu is that if you install b43-fwcutter on Ubuntu (not
>> the legacy bcm43xx-wcutter) the firmware will be installed.
>>     
>
>   Well, that's good to know.  Unfortunately, I've most often been
> trying to do this when I was booting Ubuntu off CD and the only
> available network connection was wireless.  It's hard to download the
> package containing the wireless drivers over the non-working wireless
> connection.  ;-)
This is certainly an issue. While my laptop is mostly on wireless, I do use a wire when doing an install. 

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