Okay, so I recently torrented and burned the amd64 version of Debian 9.5 CD1 and used the talking installer to install it to my backup machine. The network setup step asked for some firmware files that I have no idea how to obtain or make accessible to the installer, so I skip loading the firmware, but setting up my Wi-Fi connection for use by the installer went through with no error messages, and the install finished successfully, I rebooted, and I have a working Debian system that comes up talking, gives me a text log-in and dumps me at the console upon login. Apparently, Debian doesn't consider sudo or aptitude basic system utilities, but I thought, no problem, I'll use su to switch to a root console and use apt to install them. Here's where I ran into trouble. Both apt update and apt install can't connect. Some digging reveals that the installer neither put my ethernet or wi-fi connections in my /etc/network/interfaces file. Tried copying over copies of my interfaces and wpa_supplicant.conf that were working to let the tower in question connect either wired or wirelessly under the install of Knoppix 8.1 that was on the machine prior to installing Debian 9.5, but to no avail. So, any suggestions on how to get my talking debian machine connected to the internet so I can start installing stuff not installed by the installer? -- Sincerely, Jeffery Wright Bachelor of Computer Science President Emeritus, Nu Nu Chapter, Phi Theta Kappa. _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list