Re: [Debian 6] - unexpected issue with iso images

[Bret Busby <bret@busby.net>]

On Tue, 7 Jun 2011, Brian wrote:

> Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 11:35:55 +0100
> From: Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: [Debian 6] - unexpected issue with iso images
> Resent-Date: Tue,  7 Jun 2011 10:51:17 +0000 (UTC)
> Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> On Tue 07 Jun 2011 at 12:45:15 +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
>
> > As said in my original posting, the optical drive in a new(ish) computer
> > was not recognised by the netinst image previously tried, so I reasoned
> > that the DVD iso image should contain drivers for the computer hardware,
> > so as to enable installation, which the netinst image would not allow.
>
> An incoreect assumtion. The official media do not contain non-free
> material. However, in an endeavour to be helpful to users:
>
> http://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/

Thank you for that.

I was not previously aware of that provision.

On the web page, it is not stated, but, do we assume that the version 
there (only one CD version is listed), is the ix86 version?

Thank you in anticipation.

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Bret Busby
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