Re: Debian installation doesn't see my network

[Eric S Fraga]

On Saturday,  8 Jan 2022 at 20:07, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> If you can bear it: reinstall, using the unofficial image, including
> non-free firmware.

I had to do this for a recently purchased Dell laptop with Intel NIC
on-board.  Worked just fine this way but wouldn't install without the
non-free firmware as it couldn't find the network.

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Eric S Fraga with org 9.5.2 in Emacs 29.0.50 on Debian 11.2

Re: Debian installation doesn't see my network

[Hans]

Am Montag, 10. Januar 2022, 16:21:25 CET schrieb Eric S Fraga:
Had a similar issue with a notebook from Dell some time ago.

The reason was, that the binary firmware did not exist on on the installer 
cdrom or dvd. The network interface was just too new!

This is a problem with debian's policy and installer isos: They are sometimes 
too old for newer hardware. And also the installer kernel is sometimes too 
old for modern hardware.

My solution would be, to put the latest kernel and all latest firmware and 
whatever the modern hardware needs, to be recognized, fort installation.

After the installation has finished, the installer could deinstall all 
unneeded staff. Yes, I know, this is not debian style, but would be my style.

Don't anger at me.

Best

Hans 
> On Saturday,  8 Jan 2022 at 20:07, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> > If you can bear it: reinstall, using the unofficial image, including
> > non-free firmware.
> 
> I had to do this for a recently purchased Dell laptop with Intel NIC
> on-board.  Worked just fine this way but wouldn't install without the
> non-free firmware as it couldn't find the network.

How do I change disk ?

[Pierre Couderc]

I have a btrfs RAID1 system. I did install it with /dev/sda disk (efs on 
sda1, btrfs on sda2). Then, after install,  I added  a sdb disk (vfat on 
sdb1, btrfs on sdb2) and I did  btrfs balance.


As /dev/sda is now old, I want to change it. I know btrfs procedures but 
I do not know grub procedures.


I suppose I should install "some grub thing" on sdb1 and inform the 
system to boot on sdb1. How to do that ?


Is there a good tutorial that I have not found ?

Is it possible to have a system booting automatically on sdb1 if sda1 
fails ?


In fact I did add later an identical sdc disk...