On Mon 20 Jan 2020 at 17:09:33 (-0800), Rick Thomas wrote: > Whether you can use the "netinstall" CD depends on whether your device's > network connection requires one of those non-free drivers. If it needs a > driver that isn't on the CD (which is more likely, the smaller the install > medium) to retrieve the drivers it needs...
I'm confused. I thought you were discussing firmware. I was under the impression that the non-free firmware on the netinstall CD was the same as that on the DVDs, ie the files under http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/firmware/ > Well, you get the picture. (If not, read "Catch 22" by Joseph Heller... In > fact, read it anyway if you haven't already!) I watched the movie instead. Unforgettable opening sequence, but has to be seen on the big screen. > Enjoy! > Rick Thanks for including the other side of this conversation. Perhaps the OP could reply to the list? > > On Mon, Jan 20, 2020, at 1:58 PM, Thomas Hilbert wrote: > > Hey Rick > > > > Thanks for that response. What you describe below was my understanding > > going into it, but then it didn't load the driver without my > > intervention. Perhaps it is because I used the ~350mb netinstaller NOT > > the full CD or DVD iso's...though I haven't seen that explicitly > > documented anywhere. > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Tom > > > > On 1/19/20 9:18 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: > > > The "unofficial" firmware installer iso has a bunch of > > > non-free/proprietary drivers/firmware for various adapters and devices > > > that do not have open-source drivers, but that your machine may need to > > > run correctly. > > > > > > For example, a laptop may have a wi-fi built-in from a manufacturer who > > > is unwilling to release the source code for the wi-fi device's firmware. > > > The "unofficial" installer CD has the necessary firmware in the form of a > > > "binary blob" that can be installed to make the laptop's wi-fi work with > > > Linux. > > > > > > Hope That Helps! > > > Rick > > > > > > ----- Original message ----- > > > From: Thomas Hilbert <uxi9...@gmail.com> > > > To: Rick Thomas <rick.tho...@pobox.com> > > > Subject: Re: AMD 10.2 netinstall > > > Date: Sunday, January 19, 2020 5:50 PM > > > > > > Good to know about the expert option. So what does the Non-Free, > > > firmware installer get you over the standard all open source installer? > > > > > > On 1/19/20 2:35 AM, Rick Thomas wrote: > > >>> Since you have to install the firmware-linux-nonfree that means that > > >>> it s not installed! From what I remember > > >>> you need to select those packages at the end of the base image > > >>> installation. > > >> And you must do an "expert" install, in order to see that option. If > > >> you do a "Standard" install, you won't get a chance. > > >> > > >> There's probably something you can put in the boot args that will force > > >> it to install the firmware-linux-nonfree package, but I don't know what > > >> that is. > > >> > > >> Rick > > >> > > > Cheers, David.
