Re: non-free firmware
On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 03:06:09AM -0400, Rick Leir wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am just trying out Adrian's latest iso (thanks Adrian!!).
>
> (On a SunBlade 2000 (circa 2002) with two Cu processors and 1800M RAM,
> booting from the CDROM): I tapped on the 'choose language, choose keyboard,
> choose..' screen a bit and it jumped ahead without me being finished there.
> OK, now I understand: the fourth item is 'Detect and mount CD-ROM', and I
> must have chosen that.
>
> Now it is telling me that I need some non-free firmware, filename
> ql2200_fw.bin, and that I should load it from removable media. Does this
> firmware matter, and where can I get it? There is something by that name on
> the qlogic.com site. I guess it could be for the FibreChannel interface. OK,
> ignoring it for now.
>
> After doing 'set up users and passwords' correctly it goes on to 'Configure
> the clock'. It returns from that immediately without doing anything. I was
> hoping to set the timezone.
>
> Now it is doing 'Detecting disks'. Gee, it took a long time on that, maybe a
> few minutes. Then it says 'No disk drive was detected' and gives me a list
> of drivers to select from. I am guessing now: qla2xxx ... long pause, then I
> am back to the list of drivers screen. Try 'qla1280' ... 'qla4xxx' .. help!
> I think the disk hardware is OK because OpenBSD is installed and can boot.
> What can I use for a disk driver? How could I load the ql2200_fw.bin?
I think you'd have to create yourself a USB stick with
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/firmware/unstable/current/
on it. (Assuming your hardware knows how to read from usb)
HTH, Bye,
Joost
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