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Re: Please take this as constructive

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On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 4:06 AM Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> wrote:

> Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
> > Here's another way to attack those chicken/egg problems:
>
> Interesting approach. When I recently installed Debian on a newish
> computer I needed some firmware packages and a newer kernel too from
> debian-backports. I was able to use my phone connected to USB enough to
> complete installation and then install what I needed from
> debian-backports and then get online with built in ethernet.
>
> After that I have bought some cheap Linux-compatible USB ethernet and
> USB wifi adapters, just in case.
>
>
My approach to these problems is to sidestep them entirely:
(1) Create an installable USB key on an existing connected machine
(2) Install it on a new machine

Step 1 is much faster if that connected machine is NOT on wifi, but cabled
to your router instead.
You can even do Step 1 on a Win machine, Debian doc tells you how.
And you can even increase your wifi throughput on the newly-installed
machine by just disabling the
wifi port and plugging that network cable directly into the router all the
time. Wifi issues gone :-)

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Please take this as constructive "R. Toby  Richards" <tobias.richards@gmail.com> - 2022-01-18 07:50 +0100
  Re: Please take this as constructive john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2022-01-18 08:00 +0100
  Re: Please take this as constructive The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2022-01-18 12:10 +0100
  Re: Please take this as constructive "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2022-01-18 14:00 +0100
  Re: Please take this as constructive Loïc Grenié <loic.grenie@gmail.com> - 2022-01-18 14:40 +0100
    Re: Please take this as constructive Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2022-01-18 14:50 +0100
      Re: Please take this as constructive Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2022-01-18 18:00 +0100
        Re: Please take this as constructive Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2022-01-18 19:00 +0100
          Re: Please take this as constructive The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2022-01-19 04:10 +0100
            Re: Please take this as constructive Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2022-01-21 18:30 +0100
  Re: Please take this as constructive Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2022-01-18 15:00 +0100
    Re: Please take this as constructive Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2022-01-19 11:10 +0100
      Re: Please take this as constructive Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2022-01-21 18:50 +0100
  Re: Please take this as constructive Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2022-01-18 15:10 +0100

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