From: Stroller <stroller@stellar.eclipse.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo installation, network adapter not supported
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 05:50:35 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8C578A2B-3D2B-463C-BA89-39F35D32DE58@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+KygtO-XhOe2TYb0nvV0j=-9m6bd8GCjwB05vsZ4Jw25r9qug@mail.gmail.com>
On 29 June 2013, at 09:16, Zind wrote:
>
> After I made the LiveUSB, disabling the UEFI boot, I finally boot into the Gentoo kernel. But I could not connect to the network. ...
>
> After several times of STFW, I can confirm it's a network adapter driver support issue: lacks of coresponding network adapter drivers.
> For the AR8161 network adapter, it requires the alx kernal module: alx.ko.
If I'm understanding correctly, that it's the LiveCD that can't connect to the network (rather than the installed system) then there are various ways to work around this.
Two alternatives that spring to mind are:
1. Many USB network adaptors are supported by LiveCDs, try one of those. Some wired USB ethernet are available new for as little as $10 or so, or you could probably find a secondhand wifi 802.11b or g adaptor that cheap. Or borrow one, or something.
2. For each emerge command in the installation guide, run `emerge -fp package-name` first, and redirect the output into a textfile. Then copy this textfile onto a USB key, take it to another machine with working internet access, use `wget -i file` to download the packages and then transfer them back to the machine on which you're installing Gentoo.
Stroller.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-06-30 4:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-06-29 8:16 [gentoo-user] Gentoo installation, network adapter not supported Zind
2013-06-29 8:52 ` the
2013-06-29 9:30 ` Zind
2013-06-29 10:10 ` the
2013-06-29 8:57 ` Davide De Prisco
2013-06-29 9:20 ` Zind
2013-06-29 9:27 ` Randolph Maaßen
2013-06-29 11:03 ` Wang Xuerui
2013-06-29 14:47 ` Michael Orlitzky
2013-07-01 9:34 ` Neil Bothwick
2013-07-03 15:59 ` Zind
2013-06-30 4:50 ` Stroller [this message]
2013-07-03 16:28 ` Zind
2013-07-04 10:10 ` Stroller
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2013-07-01 6:15 ` Gregory Shearman
2013-07-03 16:32 ` Zind
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2013-07-05 6:48 Thomas Mueller
2013-07-05 12:38 ` Stroller
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