Hi Joey, Dixit Joey Hess, le 31/08/2019 : >The instructions assume that the user will unpack the zip or tarball >they download, but they don't say to do so. The section you mention says (https://www.debian.org/releases/buster/amd64/ch06s04.en.html) : >Just download the tarball or zip file for the correct release and >unpack it to the file system on the medium. …unpack is here ! >There's an implicit >assumption that the user won't consider firmware.zip to be a >firmware file. Also that the user knows how to extract zip files or >tarballs or what any of these file types are. I don't think the installation guide must cover the "how to use a zip archive" case, but it can maybe suggest to use an external soft and that firmaware files are *.deb. For example, in installation-guide/en/using-d-i/loading-firmware.xml: [...] and unpack it to -the file system on the medium. +the file system on the medium. Use an appropriate software like +7-Zip (https://www.7-zip.org/) +or tar (https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/) to obtain a list of *.deb +files to put in the <filename>/firmware</filename> directory mentioned. [...] It is also possible to copy individual firmware files to the medium. Loose firmware could be obtained for example from an already installed system or -from a hardware vendor. +from a hardware vendor. These files are generally binary files and +named *.bin. Baptiste
diff --git a/en/using-d-i/loading-firmware.xml b/en/using-d-i/loading-firmware.xml index ff75bd668..141a44e14 100644 --- a/en/using-d-i/loading-firmware.xml +++ b/en/using-d-i/loading-firmware.xml @@ -77,7 +77,10 @@ available from: </itemizedlist> Just download the tarball or zip file for the correct release and unpack it to -the file system on the medium. +the file system on the medium. Use an appropriate software like +7-Zip (https://www.7-zip.org/) +or tar (https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/) to obtain a list of *.deb +files to put in the <filename>/firmware</filename> directory mentioned. </para><para> @@ -97,7 +100,8 @@ non-firmware packages: It is also possible to copy individual firmware files to the medium. Loose firmware could be obtained for example from an already installed system or -from a hardware vendor. +from a hardware vendor. These files are generally binary files and +named *.bin. </para> </sect2>
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