Re: How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO installer
On Mon 01 Mar 2021 at 10:53:16 -0600, David Wright wrote:
> On Mon 01 Mar 2021 at 14:13:08 (+0000), Brian wrote:
> >
> > The directory structure has to remain intact. Execute, for example,
> >
> > modinfo zd1211rw | less
> >
> > At the top we have
> >
> > firmware: zd1211/zd1211_uphr
> >
> > The kernel would expect the firmware file to be in zd1211/.
>
> I confirmed that. The good news is that the d-i tells you the name of
> the subdirectory: I had forgotten that (and these are the screens that
> are almost impossible to log). So it's not an issue even for someone
> who doesn't know the name of the module, or doesn't know to get a
> shell and use modinfo.
That's good.
> But the regression remains, AFAICT.
I am going to pass on investigating an unsupported wheezy. I have my
installations working well with hd-media and a suitable preseed.cfg.
Naive users can sort themselves out,
--
Brian.
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