Re: non-free firmware not found despite unofficial CD

[Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com>]

On 10/08/2017 12:46 AM, Emanuel Berg wrote:
> First I downloaded this ISO:
>
>      https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/current/i386/iso-cd/firmware-9.2.0-i386-netinst.iso
>
> Then I burned it onto a CD-R, and booted into
> the installer.
>
> The computer is a HP Compaq 6720s laptop.
>
> However the installer doesn't get far before it
> says the network needs nonfree firmware, namely
>
>      b43/ucode13.fw
>      b43-open/ucode13.fw
>
> Despite searching explicitly on the CD the
> assessment stands.
>
> After that, the network
> auto-config/DHCP/connect fail.
>
> What's going on? Is that firmware not included
> even in the firmware edition of Debian?

Is this what you are looking for:
 https://packages.debian.org/stretch/firmware-b43-installer
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Jimmy Johnson

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