On 07/27/16 22:05, John R Pierce wrote: > On 7/27/2016 7:58 PM, geo.inbox.ignored wrote: >> install attempt #4 using_minimal_ install is now running. >> >> there is a problem in that, >> >>>> 0e:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. \ >>>> RTL8187SE Wireless LAN Controller (rev 22) >> is not recognized. > > I would not be surprised if the minimal install did not include wifi > support, as wifi is quite complex and requires a lot of OS level support > to operate. > ---> good evening John. interesting point you make. sounds very reasonable. i have never made an install to a laptop with wifi before, minimal or full, so i have no experiance. have installed wifi to an established system, but that is whole different pond to to play in. there is an option to add additional networking, but does not seem to apply to wifi, so i do not believe install i was using is wifi aware and i need to pull iso Johnny referred me to. intended to pull it after my last post. saw your post, felt i should read it first. have you tried the 7 32 bit? -- peace out. -+- Tired of having your microsoft os hacked? Change to Linux os, used by microsoft hackers. -+- in a world with out fences, who needs gates. -+- CentOS GNU/Linux 6.8 tc,hago. g . _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos