On Wed 24 Feb 2021 at 21:05:00 (-0800), Weaver wrote: > On 25-02-2021 14:53, David Wright wrote: > > On Wed 24 Feb 2021 at 16:44:18 (-0800), Weaver wrote: > >> On 25-02-2021 09:32, Dan Ritter wrote: > >> > IL Ka wrote: > >> >> > >> >> I am sorry for giving inadequate advice. Please forgive me as I am new > >> >> to > >> >> Debian. > >> >> My idea was to install Debian, and then install non-free firmware. > >> > >> This is quite possible. > >> > >> >> This is the third question about "how to install Debian if I have nic > >> >> that > >> >> needs non-free firmware" I see in this list on this week. > >> >> > >> >> So, what is the best practice to do so? Use an unofficial installer that > >> >> contains non-free firmware? > >> > >> That's actually not required. > >> For a little while now, I've had a 2016 Acer TravelMate. > >> This requires three different blobs of non-free software to operate > >> efficiently. > >> As long as you opt for the nonfree and contrib lines to be included in > >> your sources.list file during installation, they're there when the > >> install process is over. > >> As soon as the netinst disc is spat out and reboot happens, there > >> appears to be a period when I can install aptitude, mc, menu, and a > >> couple of other niceties. > >> I then call up aptitude interface and go through the kernel nonfree > >> sector for the blobs I require, clearly delineated during the install > >> process. > >> Intel's iwlwifi being one of the packages required for this machine. > > > > How do you get the wifi to connect, in order to fetch the firmware, > > without the firmware that the wifi needs to connect? > > The netinst connection seems to remain `live' for a short period of time > before you are isolated. > I would have thought the reboot would have cut me off, but that's not > the case. > Perhaps it's a feature the developers don't know about, but it has > worked for me on at least three occasions, now.
You'd have to elaborate: I don't know what you mean by the "netinst connection" (which is what we need the firmware for) or which reboot (one boots the machine before starting the debian-installer, and reboots it after all the software and firmware has been installed). Cheers, David.
