Re: Finding firmware (and SHA sums etc), was Re: Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Arch Linux recognize my Acer Aspire S wifi, debian does not

[David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>]

On Sun 02 Apr 2017 at 01:56:22 (+1300), cbannister@slingshot.co.nz wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 07:13:26PM +0000, Brian wrote:
> > Apropos nothing. Columbus knew exactly where he was going and why. He
> > just didn't get there. The exact route he took didn't exist (or maybe
> > philosohically it did but hadn't been travelled). But it was planned
> > using the Google documentation of the time. Perhaps prospective
> > Debian users could plan their journey into the unknown in the same way.
> > 
> > Point taken, though. Web page design requires the author to put herself
> > (or try to) in the position of a typical user.
> > 
> > A good place to mention the firmware netinst ISO would be the Debian
> > front page instead of 4 or more layers down. Depends on how much of a
> > problem it is seen to be. Don't hold your breath waiting for a change;
> > there are other factors.
> 
> Yeah, for some reason I too had problems navigating to the netinst image and
> It was just the plain vanila image without the firmware.
> 
> I ended up going to the wrong page about 3 times from different attempts, but
> as Steve has already mentioned, there is a bug open about this.
> 
> So I agree, Mr Steve Wright is ... correct.

Of course I am...always. Buy my book:

Steve Wright's Book of Factoids, HarperCollins Publishers (UK), (2005)
ISBN 0-00-720660-7

> Also downloading the installation manual to find out how to navigate to the
> download page sounds like something from Monty Python.

Cheers,
David.