On Friday, February 15, 2019 10:39:58 PM Peter Ehlert wrote: > I don't really know,
What don't you really know? It would be a lot easier to know what you're talking about if you put your answer under the relevant question (i.e., not top posting) > it is a net install, draws the current packages > from the repos... so it must have access. no wire was plunged in and my > wifi adapter needed iwiwifi-7260-17.ucode and asked for it. > The installer seems to Only install needed/desired packages. > for example, I did Not want the "default Debian desktop" (gnome) and > wanted only Mate... so I got exactly that, and less cruft. > > I do like Buster, and it will be the new "stable" in a few months. > Buster is running on one of my machines, and has had no problems for > several months. > There is a lot of vetting to even get to "testing" aka Buster, I suspect > there will be little change before it goes mainstream. > > On 2/15/19 8:49 AM, deb wrote: > > On 2/15/2019 11:01 AM, Peter Ehlert wrote: > >> Buster install on 820 Friday, February 15 2019 > >> on USB #1: firmware-buster-DI-alpha5-amd64-netinst.iso > >> I also have on USB #2: firmware-9.4.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso > >> > >> booted with #1, ... It did ask for firmware, I put #2 in and pressed > >> "continue" and install continued and I was able to select my wifi > >> > >> Hopefully the same will work for you > > > > Thanks Peter > > > > This will be my fallback. > > > > It will ask me if it then uses those ISOs to install OTHER firmware > > things, correct? > > > > > > I don't want an Ubuntu-scenario, where it just dumps in all kinds of > > non-free things to make a nice "user experience". > > > > > > ps > > > > How's Buster overall? > > > > Should I just jump to that? > > > > > > Thanks!
