On Fri 22 Feb 2019 at 17:03:41 -0500, Celejar wrote: > On Fri, 22 Feb 2019 20:24:40 +0000 > Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote: > > > On Fri 22 Feb 2019 at 14:50:29 -0500, Celejar wrote: > > > > > On Fri, 22 Feb 2019 19:10:45 +0000 > > > Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > > > On Fri 22 Feb 2019 at 13:52:02 -0500, deb wrote: > > > > > > > > > Simplified query: > > > > > > > > > > After installing Debian 9.7, without Networking, and without an > > > > > Ethernet > > > > > connection, > > > > > > > > > > how does one go about installing Intel Wireless (with the non-free > > > > > bits > > > > > available on a USB drive)? > > > > > > > > Firmware (free or non-free) goes in /lib/firmware. > > > > > > Just to clarify, that's if he's manually installing the firmware files. > > > If he has the appropriate .deb (e.g., firmware-iwlwifi), then it's just > > > a matter of dpkg -i firmware_package. > > > > The advice is spot-on, whether or not files are put there by the user or > > a .deb. That is where the kernel looks. > > Of course, but an ordinary user doesn't have to know anything about > that, if he's installing from Debian packages. The whole point (well, > one of the points) of a package management system is that it abstracts > away some of the technical implementation details from the end user.
Correct. > > Incidentally, can you find a firmware-iwlwifi* suitable for the OP? > > No idea. But the first thing I'd try is installing firmware-iwlwifi, > and seeing if that's enough to get the card working. Intel's own > website seems to imply that the 8265 chipset requires only > iwlwifi-8265-22.ucode (present in the Debian package) to work: > > https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000005511/network-and-i-o/wireless-networking.html I'll let the OP explain what the issue is, if he feels so inclined. -- Brian.