On 25-02-2021 14:53, David Wright wrote: > On Wed 24 Feb 2021 at 16:44:18 (-0800), Weaver wrote: >> On 25-02-2021 09:32, Dan Ritter wrote: >> > IL Ka wrote: >> >> >> >> I am sorry for giving inadequate advice. Please forgive me as I am new to >> >> Debian. >> >> My idea was to install Debian, and then install non-free firmware. >> >> This is quite possible. >> >> >> This is the third question about "how to install Debian if I have nic that >> >> needs non-free firmware" I see in this list on this week. >> >> >> >> So, what is the best practice to do so? Use an unofficial installer that >> >> contains non-free firmware? >> >> That's actually not required. >> For a little while now, I've had a 2016 Acer TravelMate. >> This requires three different blobs of non-free software to operate >> efficiently. >> As long as you opt for the nonfree and contrib lines to be included in >> your sources.list file during installation, they're there when the >> install process is over. >> As soon as the netinst disc is spat out and reboot happens, there >> appears to be a period when I can install aptitude, mc, menu, and a >> couple of other niceties. >> I then call up aptitude interface and go through the kernel nonfree >> sector for the blobs I require, clearly delineated during the install >> process. >> Intel's iwlwifi being one of the packages required for this machine. > > How do you get the wifi to connect, in order to fetch the firmware, > without the firmware that the wifi needs to connect?
The netinst connection seems to remain `live' for a short period of time before you are isolated. I would have thought the reboot would have cut me off, but that's not the case. Perhaps it's a feature the developers don't know about, but it has worked for me on at least three occasions, now. >> >> If so, I believe this info is worth adding to the Debian installation >> >> guide >> >> somewhere in the wiki, so we can give a link to this wiki to newbies. >> >> Definitely! >> >> >> It seems that a lot of people face this problem trying to install Debian >> >> on >> >> their laptops. >> >> It's how I learnt to deal with it, two or three installs later. > > Cheers, > David. -- `The World is not dangerous because of those who do harm but because of those who look on without doing anything'. -- Albert Einstein
