Re: Getting d-i to find firmware on the CD generated by debian-cd

[Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com>]

Stefano wrote:
>On Wed, Jun 09, 2010 at 01:16:27PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote:
>...
>> >http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/sid_d-i/20100527-7/i386/iso-cd/firmware-testing-i386-netinst.iso
>
>I used it to install a IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad R52 with Intel Wireless card and
>anything went right. I'll open an bug report with the installation report
>as soon I'll be back from holiday.

Cool, thanks.

>> > * how to describe them in the README on the disc. For now I've added:
>> >
>> >   "This disc includes non-free firmware files to make installation
>> >    easier on some systems. See http://wiki.debian.org/Firmware for
>> >    more details."
>
>I think it should be better: "This disc includes non-free firmware to 
>make installation easier on systems requiring proprietary but 
>redistributable firmware. See http://wiki.debian.org/Firmware for more
> details."              

Sounds good, taken. :-)

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