On Thu, 2010-11-11 at 01:27 -0500, Ian Goldstein wrote: > Hello, > > > > I am having problems installing Fedora 14. > > > > I am reasonably new to Linux and decided to start running Linux on my > home PC. It was a great learning experience working with Windows 7 > Boot manager. > > When I installed Fedora, I was asked to select some software. Each > option I selected indicated a network connection was required. I > assume that was to use YUM to install updated packages. > > Anyway, I had no network connection. I use a Wireless Linksys > WMP300N. This uses the Broadcom BCM4321 chip set ( as seen from lspci > -nn). > This is a catch 22. The installation script is not able to create a wireless network connection. It is better to do the install with plug-in connection. Then go to wireless after you install. Otherwise don't select software until you have a minimum system installed. Another approach is to do the initial install using a F14 Live CD. If someone knows how to install a DVD using wireless I would be interested in hearing about it, > > Some threads I have read indicated that the 4321 chip set was > supported under the Kernel, but I do not see evidence of this. I have > also read threads that suggested I install the Broadcom-wl rpm which > was available on Fedora’s web site. I searched the ISO media I > burned and the web site but did not find anything. > > > > I have also scanned the Fedora14 install doc. The doc does not seem > to describe what I saw during the install. > > > > I would appreciate if somebody can point me to a starting place to get > this sorted out. > > > > The install I did do was very minimalistic. It did not install GCC. > I see that on the media but it has many dependencies. I would love to > use yum to install everything I need, but I need a network to do it. > > > > Thank you in advance. > > > > > > -- ======================================================================= Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo. - Andy Finkel, computer guy ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
