Re: Bug#352758: -- installation: "etch" installer fails to detect/configure PC card NIC

[Chris Jones <cjns1989@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 03:58:03PM EST, Holger Wansing wrote:

[..]

> To investigate, if this problem still exists in the recent installer
> and to help fixing it (if it still exists), you could try a daily
> build of the installer for squeeze:

> http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/

Downloaded the netinst and it behaves the same, with a screen that
prompts for external media to provide the non-free firmware.

I'm speculating that for some reason, since the firmware is non-free it
does not ship with the installation media. 

I was under the impression that I had found this particular firmware in
the pcmcia package, which as far as I know is not in the non-free repos,
so I'm a bit confused. 

Or is it the renaming from 3CCFEM556.dat to 3CCFEM556.cis?

CJ