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I was able to make a bootable USB stick that I could use on a MacBook Air, except that it did not have the necessary driver for the wifi hardware, meaning I was unable to connect to the network.

I did look at the steps on 'Creating a bootable USB Stick', but it didn't indicate any steps to add extra drivers.

The instructions given for installing the drivers are, in a booted Ubuntu to run:

sudo apt-get purge bcmwl-kernel-source
sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer

Though, I have no network connection to be able to do this and even then will this stick through reboots?

You'reAGitForNotUsingGit
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Andre M
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  • Please edit your post to include the output of lspci -knn. Once we have that info, either Chili555 or Pilot6 should be able to help you :) – You'reAGitForNotUsingGit Jul 20 '17 at 17:11
  • I am not sure how that would make a difference of making a bootable USB stick from MacOS, if I already know the drivers I need? Are you suggesting Ubuntu would add this driver to a future ISO? I was looking for a generic formula for adding any additional drivers would be useful. I'll do it anyhow when I get home, since I don't have the USB stick with me. – Andre M Jul 21 '17 at 18:34

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Had the same problem. Use a Thunderbolt to Ethernet adapter, it is detected out of the box (no connection needed). Then you can install the wlan drivers.

Horacio Vico
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