Quoting Marc Haber (2021-01-17 11:33:28) > On Sat, 16 Jan 2021 09:27:28 -0800, Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> > wrote: > >"Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> writes: > >> It already does: the second or third question gives you the option > >> to install non-free firmware, if needed, from a USB stick. That > >> method does work but very few people use it. > > > >This is the method that I personally always use, but I install > >systems infrequently and every time I install a new system I have to > >work out again from scratch how to make this work. It sounds like it > >should be simple, and yet it never is. > > Amen. I have the same experience. > > My workaround is to plug in a network cable for installation. But > alas, I have up to now been able to avoid hardware without built-in > Ethernet. I guess that many USB Ethernet interfaces will work out of > the box without non-free, right? I always carry at least one USB ethernet dongle for install parties. In my experience, USB ethernet dongles where some well-established company dare put their name on it also happen to use a chipset supported in Linux. My advice¹ is to buy a prominently branded Gigabit dongle - not 100Mbit even if your device cannot really benefit from the higher speed, and not 2.5Gigabit which is less likely to be supported yet. - Jonas ¹ My actual simplified advice is to point to a specific widely available dongle: http://box.redpill.dk/hardware.html -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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