How can I restore Wifi driver without internet access?
by TiffinTime from LinuxQuestions.org on (#4RGJP)
Fedora 30
My system no longer recognises the Wifi adapter. I don't have a wired network port on the laptop in question.
How it happened: The system claimed it had over 400 pending updates. I decided to install them. During the update process the internet connection was lost and the system no longer sees the Wifi adapter.
I can still access the data and have the option of reinstalling from scratch but I'd rather use this as a learning experience and try and fix it in place.
Possibly related: This was a dual boot system with Windows 10. After performing these updates I tried to boot into Windows 10 (selecting it in Grub) only to find the Windows bootloader has been deleted (I don't know when this happened as it has been a few weeks since I booted into Windows).
My system no longer recognises the Wifi adapter. I don't have a wired network port on the laptop in question.
How it happened: The system claimed it had over 400 pending updates. I decided to install them. During the update process the internet connection was lost and the system no longer sees the Wifi adapter.
I can still access the data and have the option of reinstalling from scratch but I'd rather use this as a learning experience and try and fix it in place.
Possibly related: This was a dual boot system with Windows 10. After performing these updates I tried to boot into Windows 10 (selecting it in Grub) only to find the Windows bootloader has been deleted (I don't know when this happened as it has been a few weeks since I booted into Windows).