Re: Quirks noted with install on new machine
On Wed 28 Dec 2016 at 04:48:41 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
> I just purchased a used Lenovo T430 and did my interpretation of a minimal
> install of Debian 8.6.0 with a Mate DE.
>
> During install was a warning message that two non-free drivers were
> "required". As I had none available I chose the option to continue without
> installing. It went on and I have an apparently fully functional system.
>
> I have two questions:
> 1. Is there a log somewhere that would tell me what it thought was missing?
> The laptop may have a feature that I've never used but would like if I
> knew it existed.
grep -i firmware /var/log/installer/syslog
> 2. The explicit raison detre of this laptop is to serve as a test bed for,
> for want of a better term, alternative configurations. All install will be
> done with a very custom preseed.cfg file. If I'm not interested in whatever
> functionality provided by this non-free software, is there a way to bypass
> that particular warning?
https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/example-preseed.txt
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Brian.
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