Re: Firmware in netinst (.deb) and in firmware/ (separate files)

[Mirek Zvolský <zvolsky@seznam.cz>]

Thank you.

I just want fix, that the 2nd address should be

http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/images-including-firmware/

(without /firmware/)

and that netinst should be used from it, which is not easy to understand:

http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/images-including-firmware/9.2.1+nonfree/amd64/iso-cd/

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Od: Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com>
Komu: Mirek Zvolský <zvolsky@seznam.cz>
Datum: 10. 11. 2017 15:54:17
Předmět: Re: Firmware in netinst (.deb) and in firmware/ (separate files)

> On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 10:45:11AM +0100, Mirek Zvolský wrote:
> >One question more for the next (notebook) installation.
> >I understand now that I should use netinst installer directly from debian.org
> >(green button).
> >
> >It contains firmware/...deb file.
> >
> >Is this debian package the same thing as separate firmware/ files from
> >http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/firmware/  ?
> >
> >Or the .deb file has only free firmware
> >and inside unofficial/non-free/firmware/
> >are more firmware files (non-free) for more different hardware types?
>
> The official netinst only contains free firmware. As you've already
> found, there are non-free firmware bundles available too. We also have
> netinst and DVD images with the non-free firmware built-in in case you
> need those:
>
> http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/firmware/images-including-firmware/
>
> -- 
> Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.                                steve@einval.com
> We don't need no education.
> We don't need no thought control.