On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 8:15 AM, Damien Churchill <damoxc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 :) Yeah, I was going to suggest just pulling the kernel updates onto a thumb drive or something
