Re: Debian install Question
On Wed 24 Feb 2021 at 21:05:00 (-0800), Weaver wrote:
> 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.
You'd have to elaborate: I don't know what you mean by the "netinst
connection" (which is what we need the firmware for) or which reboot
(one boots the machine before starting the debian-installer, and
reboots it after all the software and firmware has been installed).
Cheers,
David.
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