Hi there! On Sun, 09 Nov 2008 13:37:24 +0100, Paul Wise wrote: > On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 8:55 PM, Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu> wrote: >> If the proposal is to delay the release to make sure that **all** bits >> are moved into the non-free section, what about the debian >> installation CD itself? If it is true that __Debian__ never includes >> any DFSG bits, I would think that would have to include the installer >> CD/DVD image itself, no? > > The images don't include non-free stuff, but they do allow loading > non-free firmware. Joey Hess blogged about how it works here: > > http://kitenet.net/~joey/blog/entry/d-i_firmware_loading/ FWIW, this is very similar to what happens on Windows 2000 and XP when installing directly from a CD: Setup is inspecting your computer's hardware configuration. Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI o RAID driver... [various output, press 's' key] Please insert the disk labeled Manufacturer-supplied hardware support disk into Drive A: * Press ENTER when ready. Thx, bye, Gismo / Luca
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