On Fri 01 May 2015 at 18:23:51 +1000, Charlie wrote: > On Fri, 1 May 2015 09:07:44 +0100 Lisi Reisz sent: > > > > My advice will be : Do not try to use firmware files at the time of > > > installation. > > > > I echo that! > > > > > In short though official Debian Installation Guide discusses about > > > loading the firmware files alongside the Debian installation image > > > on a single USB stick, the mechanism is most probably screwed up. > > > Hope that changes till next release. > > > > It's been the case for at least some years. I have never manage to > > persuade it to work. > > I have been caught a few times. With a netinstall CD. The installer > couldn't find the wireless card.
Switch with ALT-F2 to a console and check (ls -l) /lib/firmware exists and holds the firmware file(s) for the device. Switch consoles with ALT-F4. Unplug the device and plug it back in. The console should display a USB disconnect and then discovery of a new USB device with modules and firmware loaded. Return to the main menu and configure the network again. > I stay the installer at that point of starting to discover the > network, usually for the third time just in case it got it wrong the > first and second. > > Download the .deb files for the hardware onto the USB stick [so easily > written but sometimes having to drive miles down the road to a > friends computer] point the installer to the port and allow it to load > it/them and continue with the install. The unofficial installer (netinst + non-free firmware) was put together with the aim of avoiding having people drive a long way in the hot sun or turning the house upside down looking for a network card. The choice to use it exists. -- 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/20150501130429.gf3...@copernicus.demon.co.uk
