[App_rpt-users] Need installation help

[Robert A. Poff]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think the Acid install probes for and installs the necessary drivers and daemon for wifi.



Doug Crompton <doug at crompton.com> wrote:
>I am trying to walk a neophyte through an acid install remotely. I am
>sure some of you know how trying that can be. So here is where we are -
>
>He has booted the iso disk and answered up to the static IP where he
>took the defualt for DHCP for now. The install went along and asked to
>remove the disk and then rebooted.
>
>When it rebooted it asks for the  test login
>
>I had him type  root  PW setup.
>
>He gets the prompt. I took him through the command to look at 
>/root/acid-install.log   and from what he read me I don't see any
>problem. It among other normal things says it went to 
>dl.allsstarlik.org and imported the centos 5 pgp keys.
>
>I am not getting the text exactly right here but you get the idea.
>
>It did not show any errors on doing any of this and the last line is
>phase1.sh done - rebooting.
>
>So now every time it boots it comes back to the test login screen.
>
>I suspect no network connectivity but nothing ever told us that
>specifically. The computer he is using work wirelessly with winxp
>but would not work through a wired connection. We were not sure
>if this was a hardware or windows SW problem.
>
>I was able to get him to ping another active IP on his local network
>and it came back unreachable. 
>
>This is an old laptop computer and a very computer inexperienced
>person at the other end and I am trying to do this remotely over
>the radio. It would be a lot easier if I was there.
>
>Any ideas?  
>
>73 Doug
>WA3DSP
>http://www.crompton.com/hamradio
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