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Re: Squeeze, firmware and installation



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Yves-Alexis Perez kirjoitti:
> On jeu., 2010-05-06 at 09:15 +0800, Paul Wise wrote:
>> I recently had to install Debian lenny on a HP ProLiant machine, which
>> required bnx2 firmware for the network controller. Just downloaded the
>> firmware .deb from packages.d.o, stuck it on a FAT32 formatted USB
>> stick and everything worked fine. 
> 
> The only thing which would be needed, imho, is a central point to easily
> download firmwares you need. Some place which would be advertised in the
> documentation.

How does the user know, which firmware he/she is going to need? It is doable to
have the files on usb-stick or some such, if it is known which files need to be
there.

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Tapio Lehtonen
tapio.lehtonen@iki.fi
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