On Wed 24 Feb 2021 at 11:14:59 -0500, John Boxall wrote: > > > On 2021-02-24 11:07 a.m., Brian wrote: > > On Wed 24 Feb 2021 at 22:51:05 +0800, Robbi Nespu wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > TLDR; I want firmware-iwlwifi already loaded and working during Debian > > > installation phase, not after install. > > > > This is from memory; I haven't done it for some time. > > > > 1. The USB stick you boot from will have empty space or a secomd > > partition. > > > > 2. Extract the firmware files from the .deb and put them on the > > stick. > > > > 3. Boot and change to console 2: ALT-F2. > > > > 4. Mount the partition holding the firmware on /mnt. > > > > 5. Create /lib/firmware: mkdir /lib/firmware and transfer the > > firmware there. > > > > 6. ALT-F1 to go back to d-i. d-i should now find the firmware. > > > > Alternatively, you can extract the firmware files to a different USB stick > and put them in the root of that one, insert both and the installer will > find the files when you boot the original USB stick.
Indeed. However, the problem (unless I am misunderstanding) is that the firmware is not even being found on the non-free netinstall, which is the whole point of having that image available. -- Brian.
