Bug#740503: debian-installer: check-missing-firmware does not work with a USB drive that contains a partition table
Hi,
Holger Wansing <linux@wansing-online.de> wrote:
> I just did some testing and can confirm this problem with loading firmware.
>
> At first:
> My Thinkpad T60 needs the "iwlwifi-3945-2.ucode" firmware file for WLAN.
> And:
> I use a usbstick with msdos partition table and one vfat partition on it.
>
> The issue is somewhat difficult:
>
> The Jessie RC1 installer for i386 can successfully obtain the firmware
> from my usbstick, when I place the firmware packages from
> http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/firmware/
> into /firmware on my stick (unpack the zip file into /firmware ).
> This method works simply like "plug in the stick when prompted to do so,
> press "Continue" in the installer, firmware gets loaded".
> Please note: there is no need to mount the stick by hand or something
> like that. Only plug in and go on.
>
> But when I place only the direct firmware file (in my case
> "iwlwifi-3945-2.ucode") in /firmware or in the root directory of the
> stick, the installer fails to load the file, unless I help him:
> when I mount the stick by hand on the second virtual console, then go
> back to the installer UI and press "Continue" to load firmware, it
> successfully finds the file.
Now that I know the whole history of this bug (sorry that I did not noticed
earlier), it seems that the bug title is not exactly true:
when you place firmware packages (debs, not the ucode firmware files itself !)
in the /firmware dir of the stick, then the installer is able to install the
firmware from that stick (out of the firmware deb), even if it is a stick with
a partition table and with a vfat partition.
Holger
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