Re: not loading non-free firmware in 11.00 network installation debian-installer
Hi,
"Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> wrote (Wed, 15 Sep 2021 17:25:52 +0000):
> On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 11:47:29AM -0500, Nick Gawronski wrote:
>
> > Feb 25 15:44:03 cdrom-detect: Detected CD 'Debian GNU/Linux 11.0.0 "Bullseye" - Unofficial amd64 NETINST with firmware 20210814-10:09'
> > Feb 25 15:44:04 cdrom-detect: Detected CD with 'stable' (bullseye) distribution
>
> This is the official Debian media installer
>
> Try the unofficial non-free CD : from the lines I've selected, it looks as
> if you might be able to install via wired interface without loading firmware.
The lines you quoted above show, that Nick already used the unofficial image
with firmware included.
I guess this lines are related:
> Feb 25 15:44:42 kernel: [ 87.777956] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-6000g2b-6.ucode (-2)
> Feb 25 15:44:42 kernel: [ 87.777957] firmware_class: See https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware for information about missing firmware
> Feb 25 15:44:42 kernel: [ 87.777958] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-6000g2b-6.ucode failed with error -2
> Feb 25 15:44:42 kernel: [ 87.777969] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-6000g2b-5.ucode (-2)
> Feb 25 15:44:42 kernel: [ 87.777970] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-6000g2b-5.ucode failed with error -2
> Feb 25 15:44:42 kernel: [ 87.777971] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: minimum version required: iwlwifi-6000g2b-5
> Feb 25 15:44:42 kernel: [ 87.777972] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: maximum version supported: iwlwifi-6000g2b-6
However, I have no clue what happens here...
The iwlwifi-6000g2b-6.ucode file is included in firmware-iwlwifi package, so
should also be available on the image in question.
Holger
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