On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 06:34:05 -0700 (PDT) Hugo Wau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am running SID AMD64 on my Notebook. The user-data are backed up on an > external USB drive. > For the OPERATING SYSTEM do I want to have a (installable) live CD/DVD > as a backup. > But the live CD/DVD must include the firmware for my broadcom b43 chip. > > Is the firmware included in the fwcutter package? No. fwcutter merely cuts the firmware from a binary blob, which must be obtained separately. The Debian package contains a simple install script (/usr/share/b43-fwcutter/install_bcm43xx_firmware.sh) that automatically downloads one and points fwcutter at it: ----- #!/bin/sh set -e dir=$(mktemp -d) cd "$dir" wget http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o wget http://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2 b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o tar xfvj broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2 b43-fwcutter --unsupported -w /lib/firmware broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver/wl_apsta_mimo.o rm -rf "$dir" chmod o +rx /lib/firmware/b43 /lib/firmware/b43legacy ----- > Which Live CD/DVD includes such fwcutter package with firmware included? They generally don't, since the binary blobs are not freely distributable. I made my own with the Debian Live tools, following the instructions for adding custom files from Section 2 on this page: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianLive/Examples It's a fairly straightforward process. > Hugo Wau Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
