Re: Simplified -- Re: Quick pointer please? Installing Intel wireless, post OS installation
On Fri 22 Feb 2019 at 14:50:29 -0500, Celejar wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Feb 2019 19:10:45 +0000
> Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > On Fri 22 Feb 2019 at 13:52:02 -0500, deb wrote:
> >
> > > Simplified query:
> > >
> > > After installing Debian 9.7, without Networking, and without an Ethernet
> > > connection,
> > >
> > > how does one go about installing Intel Wireless (with the non-free bits
> > > available on a USB drive)?
> >
> > Firmware (free or non-free) goes in /lib/firmware.
>
> Just to clarify, that's if he's manually installing the firmware files.
> If he has the appropriate .deb (e.g., firmware-iwlwifi), then it's just
> a matter of dpkg -i firmware_package.
The advice is spot-on, whether or not files are put there by the user or
a .deb. That is where the kernel looks.
Incidentally, can you find a firmware-iwlwifi* suitable for the OP?
--
Brian.
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