Hi Andrey,
and thanks for your report.
Andrey Tataranovich <tataranovich@gmail.com> (2015-02-17):
> Package: debian-installer
> Version: 8.0 beta
> Severity: important
> Tags: d-i
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> A few days ago I tried to install Debian Jessie using "Debian GNU/Linux testing
> "Jessie" - Official Snapshot amd64 NETINST Binary-1 20150209-06:32" disk.
>
> Network card require non-free firmware to work (d-i unable to detect network
> hardware without it) so I inserted NTFS formated usb stick with needed firmware
> (/firmware). But seems NTFS is not supported so I was unable to proceed.
>
> Why not to add support for NTFS for loading missing firmware? As I know kernel
> already have support for reading NTFS volumes.
https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch06s04.html.en contains,
under "6.4.1. Preparing a medium":
"The recommended file system to use is FAT as that is most certain
to be supported during the early stages of the installation."
Keeping this bug report at wishlist severity (as set by Ben) for later
consideration looks like the way to go.
Mraw,
KiBi.
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