Re: Missing Firmware
Andy, it's probably more helpful if you respond to the reporter too -
they're most likely not subscribed to the mailing list...
On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 11:43:06AM +0100, Andy Simpkins wrote:
>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?
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