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Re: Installing minimal command line system with netinst.iso

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On 03/03/2022 03:01 PM, Hans wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 3. März 2022, 21:24:29 CET schrieb Richard Owlett:
> Hi Richard,
> 
> I suppose you got not a hotspot from T-mobile, but an USB-stick with a GSM-
> card inside.

Nope! <grin>

It is a WiFi Hotspot intended to serve 16 WiFi connected devices.
Specifically it is labeled "Alcatel Linkzone", a "4GLTE Hotspot".
I have selected to keep the WiFi disabled {a menu choice}.
[I consider WiFi to be intrinsically a potential vulnerability.  As a 
senior citizen I'm old fashioned.}

The USB-stick you describe is probably what I was looking for when my 
dial-up connected ISP closed down several years ago. T-Mobile was the 
only local wireless provider that did want to coerce me into buying a 
"smart"(sic) phone. Back then their screens were too small to be usable.

> 
> These USB-stick need some firmware, maybe just that is missing?
> 
> If you like to use taht USB-stick, which I have in mind, you can connect with
> it to the internet with the normal modem commands.
> 
> And please note, this sticks sometimes got a little memeory on it (for windows
> drivers), and youu have to force linux to see the usb-stick as modem and not
> as a memorystick.

I've noticed that ;/
When I power up my laptop, I have to leave it unplugged until the boot 
process has completed. Otherwise it tries to treat it as a memory device.

> 
> There is a nice little tool for this, called "comgt", which does handle it.
> 

Synaptic's description of "comgt" describes as aimed at "3G datacards". 
My device is 4G and the homepage link is outdated.

> Hope this helps.


Thanks for trying. Any other suggestions?


> 
> Best
> 
> Hans
> 
>> I have limited internet connectivity.
>> I have read over the years that installing a *MINIMAL* command line
>> system from netinst.iso [without internet is possible].
>> The intent to add pieces later assumed.
>> Is this process described somewhere?
>>
>> I've got a system that appears to have a very minimal shell running.
>> My potential internet connection is a USB connected hotspot from
>> T-Mobile. On a typical GUI installed Debian it runs fine.
>>
>> My minimal system doesn't recognize it.
>> What might be the missing software?
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>> My effective data cap at the moment is ~1 GB/month.
>> Among my goals is installer for those with _*minimal*_ resources.
>>
>> TIA
> 
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Installing minimal command line system with netinst.iso Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2022-03-03 21:30 +0100
  Re: Installing minimal command line system with netinst.iso Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2022-03-03 22:10 +0100
    Re: Installing minimal command line system with netinst.iso Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2022-03-04 11:20 +0100
  Re: Installing minimal command line system with netinst.iso Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2022-03-04 00:00 +0100
    Re: Installing minimal command line system with netinst.iso Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2022-03-04 11:40 +0100
  Re: Installing minimal command line system with netinst.iso David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-03-08 16:20 +0100

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