I agree with this mail. It was difficult for me, find the ISO download (especially non-free installer)
El vie., 1 de dic. de 2017 a la(s) 18:15, Luca Capello <l...@pca.it> escribió: > Hi there, > > On Fri, 01 Dec 2017 14:39:12 +0100, W. Martin Borgert wrote: > > Quoting Paul Wise <p...@debian.org>: > > > It would have been best for him to download the ISO with non-free > > > firmware embedded, do you know how he made the decision to download > > > the ISO without non-free firmware? > > > > Every time I need a Debian ISO, it takes me minutes to find it. > > I didn't even know, that there were an ISO with non-free firmware. > > > > There should be a beautiful ISO download page, e.g. > > https://www.debian.org/download[s]/ > > with all architectures and supported releases, similar to > > https://www.ubuntu.com/download > > or > > https://linuxmint.com/download.php > > Like the following? > > <https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/debian-installer/> > > Which is 3-click away from the main page: > > Release Info => <https://www.debian.org/releases/> > stable => <https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/> > 2nd sentence => < > https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/debian-installer/> > > Or do you prefer another pointer in our official documentation? > > <https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch06s04.html.en> > > OK, you need to dig deeper to find this, 4-click away from the main > page: > > Installation manual => < > https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual> > Installation Guide for 64-bit PC (amd64) => < > https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/> > 2.2. Devices Requiring Firmware => < > https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch02s02.html.en> > > [4th sentence] > > However, this does not mean that such hardware cannot be used > during an installation. Starting with Debian GNU/Linux 5.0, > debian-installer supports loading firmware files or packages > containing firmware from a removable medium, such as a USB > stick. See Section 6.4, “Loading Missing Firmware” for detailed > information on how to load firmware files or packages during the > installation. > > 6.4.1. Preparing a medium => < > https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch06s04.html.en> > > [6th sentence] > > Official CD images do not include non-free firmware. The most > common method to load such firmware is from some removable medium > such as a USB stick. Alternatively, unofficial CD builds > containing non-free firmware can be found at > > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/ > . > > However, given that no one reads the documentation today, but it relies > on search engines, the first result in DuckDuckGo (and FWIW in Google as > well) for "Debian Firmware" gives... > > <https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware> > > ...where the 3rd paragraph contains (copying it here for search > engines): > > Firmware during the installation > > In some cases the installer detects the need for non-free firmware and > prompts the user to make the firmware available to the installer to > complete the installation. This can happen, for example, with wireless > network cards which often require non-free firmware to function (see > ipw2200 for an example). > > A suggestion, especially while installation on hardware unfamiliar to > you, is to download the firmware archive for your platform and unpack > it into a directory named firmware in the root of a removable storage > device (USB/CD drive). When the installer starts, it will > automatically find the firmware files in the directory on the > removable storage and, if needed, install the firmware for your > hardware. You can find firmware downloads for your Debian version at > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/firmware/. > > In some cases, firmware supplied on removable media may not be > detected automatically (e.g. 740503). In these situations, drop to the > console and manually mount (see mount(8)) your removable storage on a > temporary directory (e.g. /media). > > Alternatively, you can use one of the parallel installer image builds > that also include all the non-free firmware packages directly. We have > "netinst" CD images and also DVD installer images - see > > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/ > > Thx, bye, > Gismo / Luca > -- Arias Emmanuel https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmanuel-arias-437a6a8a http://eamanu.com
