On Mon 13 Jan 2014 at 10:05:50 -0500, tty7 wrote: > I made a CD from > http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.3.0/amd64/iso-cd/debian-7.3.0-amd64-netinst.iso > > I booted my EeeBox. At some point the installer said : " > [!] Detect Network hardware > > Some of your hardware needs non-free firmware files to operate. The > firmware can be loaded from removable media, such as a USB stick or > floppy. > > The missing firmware files are: rtl_nic/rtl8168e-2.fw
This file is in the firmware-realtek package and in firmware.tar.gz. > If you have such media available now, insert it, and continue. > > Load missinfg firmware from removable media? > > <Yes> <No> > > " > > Based on this, I'm not seeing where I'd know that I'd need a special > non-free version of the installer. You shouldn't need this version of the installer. The only difference between it and what you have done is that the non-free firmware is on the CD, which is bound to get mounted. > The above text, and the above linked-to debian document indicated to > me that I should be able to put the firmware on some media, either in > / or /firmware on said media, insert it, let the thing detect the > insertion and do some auto-mount magic behind the scenes, find the > files needed, and continue installing. Correct. The files are found and copied to /lib/firmware. Observing or debugging the process can be done on tty4 or from /var/log/syslog. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20140113160715.gb3...@copernicus.demon.co.uk
