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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by cosmicrookie@lemmy.world to c/linuxmint@lemmy.ml
 

EDIT: thanks for the help. Solution was to connect my phone through USB and download the driver through it's shared connection. Just plug in through USB, enable Hotspot, and enable usb tethering.

I am having trouble with my wifi drivers. Before installing mint, I checked that I had them. I ran the test of mint, had the same issue but was able to install the driver from the USB.

After installing mint, I now try to I'd the same, but it can't do it. It asks to mount the instalation drive and when I procede, it tells me it can't download the package whilst offline, even though it did when I tested mint before installing.

Any tips on what I could do? I have no ether/cable connection but I assume that the driver should be on the USB if it managed to install during testing?

Ps: interesting thing is, if I try to boot from the USB, I get the option between the drives that I want to boor from and wifi. The wifi actually works there!

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[โ€“] Amorphous@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Try tethering your phone over USB. It's how I used to install Gentoo in the past before the system was fully installed and WPA-Suoplicant was available.

[โ€“] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Yep! Just did this and it worked! Just needed to enable hot soon and usb tethering