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How do you install a driver onto a current system from a live cd?

I just installed Arch on my laptop, but it seems that it doesn't install the Ethernet drivers and they don't appear to be on the live CD.  How might I install the drivers?

Thanks!

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Re: How do you install a driver onto a current system from a live cd?

Edit: misread post.

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Inxsible

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Re: How do you install a driver onto a current system from a live cd?

How do you install a driver onto a current system from a live cd?

I just installed Arch on my laptop, but it seems that it doesn't install the Ethernet drivers and they don't appear to be on the live CD.  How might I install the drivers?

Thanks!

your post title and the message within seem to contradict themselves.

More information from you might be helpful as in  what packages did you install during the installation process? Did you have network connection during the install? Are there any errors that you get when booting.

Last edited by Inxsible (2010-06-16 23:50:34)

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Re: How do you install a driver onto a current system from a live cd?

well.  if they're not on the liveCD, and their non-existence means you have no internet, you're in quite a pickle.

locate the drivers (preferably in .pkg.tar.gz form downloaded directly from a mirror)
copy them over via flashdriver (or whatever)
pacman -U /that/file

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Re: How do you install a driver onto a current system from a live cd?

Thanks, I just ended up downloading the x86_64 CD and installing from there, and everything seems to be good.

The problem before was that there weren't any errors, it just seemed that there weren't any Ethernet drivers installed (and I had installed every package on the CD).  I didn't have internet access from the live CD.