On 05/12/2010 09:41 PM, Martin Schulze wrote: > Bernd Zeimetz wrote: >> On 05/12/2010 04:27 PM, Martin Schulze wrote: >>> I would like us to provide non-free firmware blobs that may be >>> required during installation in tarballs that can be downloaded or - >> >> Downloading is exactly the problem. A lot of modern "enterprise" network >> hardware (like the Broadcom Netextreme) requires non-free firmware. > > You forgot to quote: > >>> if this is not possible - be loaded via USB sticks, floppies or >>> cdroms. The installer would need a possibility to include such > > I'm sure these modern systems do have USB connectors.
Did you even read the thread? We were always talking about getting rid of the need for a second install medium for various reasons. Downloading stuff from the internet is not the issue here. -- Bernd Zeimetz Debian GNU/Linux Developer http://bzed.de http://www.debian.org GPG Fingerprints: 06C8 C9A2 EAAD E37E 5B2C BE93 067A AD04 C93B FF79 ECA1 E3F2 8E11 2432 D485 DD95 EB36 171A 6FF9 435F -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4bed21d1.6030...@bzed.de
