Re: Debian install Question
On 25-02-2021 14:53, David Wright wrote:
> On Wed 24 Feb 2021 at 16:44:18 (-0800), Weaver wrote:
>> On 25-02-2021 09:32, Dan Ritter wrote:
>> > IL Ka wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I am sorry for giving inadequate advice. Please forgive me as I am new to
>> >> Debian.
>> >> My idea was to install Debian, and then install non-free firmware.
>>
>> This is quite possible.
>>
>> >> This is the third question about "how to install Debian if I have nic that
>> >> needs non-free firmware" I see in this list on this week.
>> >>
>> >> So, what is the best practice to do so? Use an unofficial installer that
>> >> contains non-free firmware?
>>
>> That's actually not required.
>> For a little while now, I've had a 2016 Acer TravelMate.
>> This requires three different blobs of non-free software to operate
>> efficiently.
>> As long as you opt for the nonfree and contrib lines to be included in
>> your sources.list file during installation, they're there when the
>> install process is over.
>> As soon as the netinst disc is spat out and reboot happens, there
>> appears to be a period when I can install aptitude, mc, menu, and a
>> couple of other niceties.
>> I then call up aptitude interface and go through the kernel nonfree
>> sector for the blobs I require, clearly delineated during the install
>> process.
>> Intel's iwlwifi being one of the packages required for this machine.
>
> How do you get the wifi to connect, in order to fetch the firmware,
> without the firmware that the wifi needs to connect?
The netinst connection seems to remain `live' for a short period of time
before you are isolated.
I would have thought the reboot would have cut me off, but that's not
the case.
Perhaps it's a feature the developers don't know about, but it has
worked for me on at least three occasions, now.
>> >> If so, I believe this info is worth adding to the Debian installation guide
>> >> somewhere in the wiki, so we can give a link to this wiki to newbies.
>>
>> Definitely!
>>
>> >> It seems that a lot of people face this problem trying to install Debian on
>> >> their laptops.
>>
>> It's how I learnt to deal with it, two or three installs later.
>
> Cheers,
> David.
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