On Wed 28 Dec 2016 at 21:59:03 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 12/28/2016 4:46 PM, Brian wrote: > >On Wed 28 Dec 2016 at 04:48:41 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > >>I just purchased a used Lenovo T430 and did my interpretation of a minimal > >>install of Debian 8.6.0 with a Mate DE. > >> > >>During install was a warning message that two non-free drivers were > >>"required". As I had none available I chose the option to continue without > >>installing. It went on and I have an apparently fully functional system. > >> > >>I have two questions: > >>1. Is there a log somewhere that would tell me what it thought was missing? > >> The laptop may have a feature that I've never used but would like if I > >> knew it existed. > > > >grep -i firmware /var/log/installer/syslog > > What's missing is related to wifi which I'll not be using in the immediate > future. > > > >>2. The explicit raison detre of this laptop is to serve as a test bed for, > >> for want of a better term, alternative configurations. All install will > >> be > >> done with a very custom preseed.cfg file. If I'm not interested in > >> whatever > >> functionality provided by this non-free software, is there a way to > >> bypass > >> that particular warning? > > > >https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/example-preseed.txt > > That suggests that I should add > d-i hw-detect/load_firmware boolean false > to my preseed.cfg . But might that disable something I do need?
The question occurs only when *network* firmware is missing. Your previous answer seems to cover the answer to it. -- Brian.
