On Wed, 1 Jun 2022 15:21:01 +0000, "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amaca...@einval.com> wrote: >Basic tasks include networking - many IBM and Dell servers use(d) Broadcom >chipsets which wouldn't work without a non-free driver. Been caught out like >that installing in a data centre: can't get networking to work to get the >drivers I need for the network card.
PXE boot will work and load a kernel and a doctored initrd that contains the non-free firmware. Been there, done that, for thousands of machines. It would be so nice if Debian would offer such an initrd out of the box. Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 621 72739834
