On 12/07/2012 6:37 PM, Alan Chandler wrote:
I was just bitten by the netinst limitations. I had been regularly keeping copies and then when my hardware failed and I had to install the system on some slightly non standard hardware I found that the network card wasn't supported. Eventually I got hold of the CD1 .iso and had no problem. So for simplicity I would always recommend the CD1.iso.
For things like firmware if you want the smaller netinstall CD you can use this shell script to add additonal non-free firmware:
http://people.debian.org/~dannf/add-firmware-to/add-firmware-to I have used it to add the BNX firmware previoulsy without a hitch.