Fwd: Re: AMD 10.2 netinstall
The "unofficial" firmware installer iso has a bunch of non-free/proprietary drivers/firmware for various adapters and devices that do not have open-source drivers, but that your machine may need to run correctly.
For example, a laptop may have a wi-fi built-in from a manufacturer who is unwilling to release the source code for the wi-fi device's firmware. The "unofficial" installer CD has the necessary firmware in the form of a "binary blob" that can be installed to make the laptop's wi-fi work with Linux.
Hope That Helps!
Rick
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From: Thomas Hilbert <uxi9000@gmail.com>
To: Rick Thomas <rick.thomas@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: AMD 10.2 netinstall
Date: Sunday, January 19, 2020 5:50 PM
Good to know about the expert option. So what does the Non-Free,
firmware installer get you over the standard all open source installer?
On 1/19/20 2:35 AM, Rick Thomas wrote:
>> Since you have to install the firmware-linux-nonfree that means that
>> it s not installed! From what I remember
>> you need to select those packages at the end of the base image
>> installation.
> And you must do an "expert" install, in order to see that option. If you do a "Standard" install, you won't get a chance.
>
> There's probably something you can put in the boot args that will force it to install the firmware-linux-nonfree package, but I don't know what that is.
>
> Rick
>
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