On Mon,28.Dec.09, 00:22:35, Chris Brandstetter wrote: > > Now the system asks to load the tigon/tg3_tso.bin firmware. (Broadcom > Network Card firmware) > > I selected no and continued on the install. (Strange, did it get the > firmware from somewhere else, or was there an open source alternative?) In recent kernels (2.6.31?) a lot of previously included firmwares have been moved to separate packages (firmware-linux-nonfree in this specific case).
Since this will make a lot of users unhappy[0] the installer offers to install the additional firmware, probably from some external source, like a USB stick or similar. [0] it's quite difficult do do a *net*install without a working network card ;) > It does not indicate that there is a problem, or that the netinst will > or will not work without the firmware. Perhaps a better message saying > what requires the firmware, whether or not there is an open source > option, and the ability to use it, and whether or not the device will > work. > > Overall the message is very, vague to an end user, a little > clarification would be good. You are probably right about this. If it hasn't been requested before you might want to file an installation report. Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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