Re: Quirks noted with install on new machine
On Wed 28 Dec 2016 at 21:59:03 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 12/28/2016 4:46 PM, Brian wrote:
> >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
>
> What's missing is related to wifi which I'll not be using in the immediate
> future.
> >
> >>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
>
> That suggests that I should add
> d-i hw-detect/load_firmware boolean false
> to my preseed.cfg . But might that disable something I do need?
The question occurs only when *network* firmware is missing. Your
previous answer seems to cover the answer to it.
--
Brian.
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