FTP Install from ISO using wireless cards

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  • First download and burn the cd image.
  • It may be useful to set your access point to be a dhcp server, and deactivate all wep and other keys, temporarily. You may activate it later again, but during installation you may miss some tools to setup a proper wep environment, such as wireless-tools.
  • Boot your machine with the arch cd, select "arch" for ide or "arch-scsi" for scsi systems.
  • I use a system with yenta-socket, and a netgear MA 401 pcmcia card, that is driven by orinoco_cs. If your system differs, look at
    • /lib/modules/2.6.3/kernel/drivers/pcmcia for socket drivers,
    • /lib/modules/2.6.3/kernel/drivers/net/wireless for wireless modules

If you are not sure which to take, simply try them out. To load the modules use

modprobe yenta_socket
modprobe orinoco_cs
  • The pcmcia cards are managed by 'cardmg'. Start it, and it will set a relation between the modules, the card and the next free logical ethX device.
cardmgr
  • Initiate the installation.
/arch/setup
  • First, select installation source No. 2 - FTP
  • Then, select installation option No. 0 - Configure Network Cards

Configure it manually or use dhcp.

  • Configure and set up the system as you like. You should include the package
    • daemons
    • pcmcia-cs
  • Install your system. Add the modules you discovered earlier to /etc/rc.conf modules section. Activate pcmcia in /etc/rc.conf daemons section. After reboot, your pcmcia card is up again. You may want to pacman -S wireless_tools wlan-ng to set up a proper wireless environment now.
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