Bug#611839: non-free network drivers not really supported with netinstall of squeeze/rc2

[Armin Fuerst <armin.fuerst@beko.at>]

Package: installation-reports

I installed debian squeeze from netinstall rc2-cd on a Lenovo ThinkPad
SL510. Both network interfaces (eth + wlan) are detected, but not
supported due to non-free drivers. Setup provides the possibility to
add the needed drivers using an usb-stick. Setup asked for the
following files:

eth: rtl8168d-1.fw
wlan: iwlwifi-1000-1.ucode iwlwifi-1000-2.ucode iwlwifi-1000-3.ucode

The files iwlwifi-1000-1.ucode and iwlwifi-1000-2.ucode don't exist,
setup though asks for all three. So I copied the following files on
the usb-stick:
rtl8168d-1.fw
iwlwifi-1000-3.ucode

and I copied iwlwifi-1000-3.ucode to iwlwifi-1000-1.ucode and
iwlwifi-1000-2.ucode

The files are successfully copied to /lib/firmware, but the
network interfaces still don't work.

I finally finished the installation without a network, and installed the
packages firmware-iwlwifi_0.28_all.deb and firmware-realtek_0.28_all.deb
using the usb-stick after the first reboot.


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