Hi! Debian n00b here! I am trying to install Debian 8.0 on my system. While installing it reported some firmware being missing (more specifically brcm/bcm43xx-0.fw) so I downloaded the firmware files from http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/firmware/jessie/current/
I am using USB stick as an installation media which I accomplished using $ dd if=<debian.iso_file_name> of=/dev/sdb bs=4M; sync After which two partitions /dev/sdb1(4 GB) and /dev/sdb2 (426 KB) got created automatically with 3.8GB of free space remaining on the stick. Now as mentioned in the Debian Installation Guide (https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch04s03.html.en#usb-copy-isohybrid) I want to have those firmware files on the same USB stick since I have only one USB port working. I tried using disks, gparted. But both threw warnings and errors about GPT table. "Error: The backup GPT table is not at the end of the disk, as it should be. This might mean that another operating system believes the disk is smaller. Fix, by moving the backup to the end (and removing the old backup)?" I went along the suggested "fix" options but couldn't create another partition. So then I tried fdisk to create a FAT partition to hold firmware files. It did threw a warning but allowed me to create a partition. "WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sdb'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted." But then after mounting, copying firmware directory on new FAT partition when I tried to install from USB stick it reported an error saying "isolinux.bin missing or corrupt" and refused to boot from the stick. I am pretty sure it has something to do with the newly created FAT partition and the firmware files copied on it. As initially without firmware files (and the new FAT partition) installation was going smooth. Please direct me to any pointers on to how to have firmware files on USB stick alongside Debian installable image. Thank you. Avinash Sonawane (RootKea) PICT, Pune http://rootkea.wordpress.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CAJ9BSW8QRsx8Zdg_vBWdQB_=wrjv6smszx79af6htz_qa8u...@mail.gmail.com
