Re: Network-related Chicken and Egg Issue, attempting Install of Debian 9.4

[Abdullah Ramazanoglu <ar018@yahoo.com>]

On Sat, 21 Apr 2018 17:24:34 -0400 Kenneth Parker said:

> Hello,

Hello

> I am helping a Friend install Debian 9.4 to an old, Intel Macbook, where
> the only Internet access is through a Broadcom BCM4322 Wifi Chip.  I got as
> far as installing the Debian 9.4 CD-1, but couldn't get the Network up.
> 
> It seems that Debian doesn't wish to support "Non-Free" hardware, and wants
> me to visit wireless.kernel.org to download Firmware for this B43 Device.
> 
> But how do I download something, when I have no Internet, due to this
> "Non-Free Chipset"?

Please download the file below and keep it ready in a USB stick while installing
Debian, and when it asks if you would like to install non-free firmware (forgot
the context and wording) say yes and feed the USB stick to installer.

http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/firmware/stretch/current/firmware.tar.gz

You can also download the .deb package for firmware-brcm80211 (has no
dependencies) and post-install it via dpkg.

Regards
-- 
Abdullah Ramazanoglu