On 12 March 2010 13:19, Dieter Plaetinck <dieter@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:57:46 -0600 > Dan McGee <dpmcgee@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 6:29 AM, Dieter Plaetinck >> <dieter@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > you could also try a netinstall cd and enable the testing repository >> > in /tmp/pacman.conf. IIRC aif (the installer) uses pacman with that >> > config file, so it might just work, although i never tried it >> > myself. if you are not afraid of looking at bash scripts, look at >> > the source code of aif then you'll see how exactly >> > it works. >> >> A netinstall using a kernel without the necessary network drivers >> might prove hard to use. :) >> >> -Dan > > don't laugh :P i realised it just after hitting submit ;) > > Dieter > Using the core installing then just upgrading kernel26 and kernel26-firmware to 2.6.33 worked just in case anyone was wondering. Got networking up finally :)
