On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 11:33:12AM +0200, Hans dinsen-hansen wrote: > I am an old NetBSD-user, and have decided to scrap my Windows > partitions. I have tried several Linux versions. Only two of them > had some kind of success. Debian 7.8.0 and KNOPPIX 7.4.2. The > Debian CD wanted me to find the firmware b43/ucode15.fw and > b43-open/ucode15.fw. I have in vain tried to find this firmware on > the internet. But Knoppix, however seems to have it built-in. At > least Knoppix connects to my Wi-Fi. > > I would best like to use Knoppix as my base-system, but I cannot find > out how to transfer its boot version to my hard disk. All I find on > the internet are explanations on how to transfer earlier versions of > Knoppix as boot-loadable versions to the disk. The version 7.4.2 > seems to refuse such a transfer. > > Please, can somebody help me either to make Knoppix bootable from > hard disk, or to get hold of above mentioned firmware.
Debian has a policy of not including non-free drivers with their installation media. One is expected to download that separately and load during the install. The non-free drivers can be found here: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/firmware/ Drives me nuts, this policy, but their distro, their rules. Usually not a problem once you have the above, in my experience. HTH -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150417100650.GA15337@stephen-desktop
