Re: Missing Firmware
On 19/08/19 17:00, slow_speed@att.net wrote:
> You may be interested to know that the iso's listed at
> https://cdimage.debian.org/images/unofficial/non-free/images-including-firmware/10.0.0-live+nonfree/amd64/iso-hybrid/
>
> are missing some firmware information.
>
> I selected the debian-live-10.0.0-amd64-xfce+nonfree.iso for my Dell
> Studio XPS notebook computer. It always had complained that it needed
> the B43 Broadcom firmware files of b43/ucode16_mimo.fw and
> b43-open/ucode16_mimo.fw.
>
> Whenever I would install Debian Buster it would look for those. It
> never made any difference if I added the missing files to another flash
> drive in another USB port or swapped into the same port, they were never
> found by the install process.
>
> With the new iso, it did exactly the same thing. Evidently the non-free
> version does not contain the missing firmware anyway.
>
> Please advise as to how to get the install to look for the *.deb or
> other files containing the necessary firmware.
>
> Thank you.
>
>
>
Hi there,
A quick note to acknowledge your post.
The B43 firmware resides in the following packages in the non-free
section of the repository:
b43-fwcutter_019-4_amd64.deb
firmware-b43-installer_019-4_all.deb
firmware-b43legacy-installer_019-4_all.deb
*IF*
You are wanting to install onto your laptop, the firmware *IS* part of
the manifest for the non-free installation image
i.e.https://cdimage.debian.org/images/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/10.0.0+nonfree/amd64/iso-cd/
*BUT IF*
You just want to run a live image at this point in time I agree with you
that this appears to be missing.
Looking at the manifest of the 'live' images I do not see mention of the
B43 drivers...
<< Highvoltage >> Can you confirm this please?
BR
/Andy
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