Re: Install-time non-free issues
On 14/01/14 02:05, tty7 wrote:
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>> Which documentation is that.
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> http://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/i386/ch06s04.html.en
Thanks
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>>> I've switched to tty2 (Ctrl-Alt-F2) and activated it, and created
>>> /mnt/sdcard and /mnt/usb and mounted both filesystems, and verified
>>> that the firmware exists in both places on both devices. The
>>> installer can't seem to "find" it even with them manually mounted.
It "sounds" like you've tried allowing the installer to mount those
mediums first, which is the correct procedure. Do not manually mount the
medium containing the firmware.
If the correct files are in the correct place and you are still having a
problem..... those mediums are formatted FAT32 right?
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> I booted my EeeBox.
I'm not sure how current or relevant this is, but it may of help with
other parts of the installation:-
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC/Models
> At some point the installer said : "
> [!] Detect Network hardware
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> Some of your hardware needs non-free firmware files to operate. The
> firmware can be loaded from removable media, such as a USB stick or floppy.
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> The missing firmware files are: rtl_nic/rtl8168e-2.fw <http://rtl8168e-2.fw>
Yes.
e.g. with a *FAT32* formatted USB Flash drive used for an installs on
boxes requiring the same firmware
$ ls -Rlh
./rtl_nic:
total 36K
-rw-r--r-- 1 scott scott 2.1K Jan 6 2013 rtl8105e-1.fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 scott scott 1.5K Jan 6 2013 rtl8168d-1.fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 scott scott 1.3K Jan 6 2013 rtl8168d-2.fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 scott scott 5.4K Jan 6 2013 rtl8168e-1.fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 scott scott 3.9K Jan 6 2013 rtl8168e-2.fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 scott scott 3.8K Jan 6 2013 rtl8168e-3.fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 scott scott 3.1K Jan 6 2013 rtl8168f-1.fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 scott scott 1.3K Jan 6 2013 rtl8168f-2.fw
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> Is what you're suggesting using one of these "unofficial" install images
> specifically including non-free firmware?
> http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/7.3.0/amd64/iso-cd/
Not necessary. You've already got the required firmware file (all 5.4KB
of it), it's just not pre-loaded into the installer CD.
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Kind regards.
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