List, good afternoon,
How might I manage to install XFCE onto a laptop equipped only with
WiFi, but unable to establish a connection because the wireless card
requires a recent non-free firmware component for the Broadcom BCM 43142?
I'd like to try, and then probably install, the current XFCE release
onto an HP Stream 11 Notebook PC.
This machine has a potentially useful spec but is limited to:
32GB MMC SDD HD,
2 x USB,
WiFi BCM 43142
http://h20195.www2.hp.com/v2/default.aspx?cc=ie&lc=en&oid=8245635
There is no wired Ethernet LAN connector. I'd like to run XFCE live
on this, first, and then would prefer to install XFCE onto a USB
stick, so that I can leave the (rather small) MMC SDD HD running
Windows - I need to drop back to Windows for Excel (and Word),
sometimes (mainly in instances where Libre Office isn't sufficiently
compatible).
I am not sure how or where I should both:
(a) obtain the required driver, and
(b) once obtained, how to persuade either
(i) the Live XFCE spin to install the driver (if available), or
(ii) Ensure that any subsequent install onto USB is able to install
the Broadcom driver
I could download the driver using another machine which does have
connectivity, and copy the driver onto an SD card which could be read
by XFCE on the HP Stream notebook. But I do not know how to install
the driver into Fedora, either when running live, nor when fully
installed.
I'd be grateful for any ideas,
regards, Ron