Re: Drivers to Debian installer
On Sun, Nov 21, 2021 at 05:38:56PM +0300, John Berden wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> I have Acer Nitra 5 laptop with the following parameters:
> Six-core Intel i5-11400H
> System board chipset Intel Tiger Point HM570, Intel Tiger Lake-H
> DIMM1: Samsung M471A1K43EB1-CWE
> DIMM3: Samsung M471A1K43EB1-CWE
> Integrated video Intel(R) UHD Graphics
> Discrete video NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU
>
> Can I embed Drivers for these devices to Debian installer?
> Or at least how can I embed a WiFi driver?
> I use Firmware-11.1.0-AMD64-DVD-1.Iso
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
Hi John,
Use the firmware .iso you have to install Debian. At the point at which
you need firmware, the installer should supply it.
If you have an Ethernet port and can used a wired interface to bootstrap
installation do so.
A complication is that this is a gaming laptop with two video displays.
If you wish to use both, then there are difficulties in doing so.
I would suggest booting from the isntaller and doing an expert install.
Stop without installing any desktop - so unselect a Debian desktop.
Complete the install as text only if you can.
Decide whether you want to use the proprietary Nvidia drivers or not.
Install the bumblebee utilities as appropriate
If using the Nvidia propriatary drivers, install the nvidia-driver utilities
as prompted.
Once that's done: reboot.
Only at that point install a desktop using tasksel as root/root equivalent.
Hope this helps, I don't particularly have a gaming laptop to install on.
All the very best, as ever,
Andy Cater
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