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== Installing madwifi driver ==

The madwifi driver from standard Debian will not work on the Eee PC. You will have to build it from the source package in our [:DebianEeePC/Repository:repository].
 1. Remove any old madwifi-modules, if you have already installed them.
 1. Add our [:DebianEeePC/Repository:repository] and do an '''apt-get update''' after that.
 1. Install the module-assistant package.
 1. Now do '''m-a a-i madwifi-eeepc''' to build and install the modules.
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After installing the base system, you will need to [:DebianEeePC/HowTo/Configure:configure] the system for wifi, webcam, hotkeys, etc. to work. After installing the base system and madwifi drivers, you will need to [:DebianEeePC/HowTo/Configure:configure] the system for wifi, webcam, hotkeys, etc. to work.

Translations: [:DebianEeePCFrench/HowTo/InstallUsingStandardInstaller:French], [:DebianEeePCGerman/HowTo/InstallUsingStandardInstaller:German], [:DebianEeePCPortuguese/HowTo/InstallUsingStandardInstaller:Portuguese], [:DebianEeePCItalian/HowTo/InstallUsingStandardInstaller:Italiano]

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Introduction

While currently, the recommended way to install is using our custom installer as described in [:DebianEeePC/HowTo/Install], the custom installer is a minimal installer and is therefore missing some things that the standard installer includes. If you need accessibility support or crypto (LUKS) during the install, the standard installer will work to install a base system, but the network won't work during the install, so that will need to be installed separately.

Preparation

To install a Lenny (testing) system using the standard installer, you need to do the following:

  1. Download the netinst ISO image from http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/

  2. Get boot.img.gz from /debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-i386/current/images/hd-media from your favourite Debian mirror
  3. Get the atl2 module packages (+ required new linux-image packages) from a Debian mirror: [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/i386/atl2-modules-2.6-486/download atl2-modules-2.6-486] [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/i386/atl2-modules-2.6.24-1-486/download at2-modules-2.6.24-1-486] [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/i386/linux-image-2.6-486/download linux-image-2.6-486] [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/i386/linux-image-2.6.24-1-486/download linux-image-2.6.24-1-486]

  4. Using an empty USB device, do zcat boot.img.gz > /dev/sdX (where sdX is the device your USB media is using)

  5. Mount the USB device and copy the ISO image and the packages to it

Installation

  1. Boot the eeePC using the USB device (press ESC during boot)
  2. Follow the installer instructions (it will not find a network device during installation, but so be it for the moment) When you are asked to select a mirror, do not select any, but select "Go Back".
  3. reboot into the freshly installed base system
  4. mount the USB device (mount /dev/sdc /mnt, for example)
  5. Install the linux-image packages: dpkg -i /mnt/linux-image-*.deb
  6. Install the atl2 packages: dpkg -i /mnt/atl2*.deb
  7. Edit /etc/modules to include atl2: echo 'atl2' >> /etc/modules

  8. Reboot into the newly installed kernel
  9. You should now have a working eth0 interface. You have to add a repository mirror by editing /etc/apt/sources.list
  10. You can now continue the installation over the network

Installing madwifi driver

The madwifi driver from standard Debian will not work on the Eee PC. You will have to build it from the source package in our [:DebianEeePC/Repository:repository].

  1. Remove any old madwifi-modules, if you have already installed them.
  2. Add our [:DebianEeePC/Repository:repository] and do an apt-get update after that.

  3. Install the module-assistant package.
  4. Now do m-a a-i madwifi-eeepc to build and install the modules.

Configuration

After installing the base system and madwifi drivers, you will need to [:DebianEeePC/HowTo/Configure:configure] the system for wifi, webcam, hotkeys, etc. to work.