Hmmm... It looks like you're correct. I just downloaded the "netinst" and "DVD-1" unofficial firmware images and compared the two "/pool/non-free/" directories on the two ISOs. They are identical.
Bottom line: You can use either the netinst or the DVD-1 versions without fear of Catch-22. Thanks for the correction! Rick On Mon, Jan 20, 2020, at 8:32 PM, David Wright wrote: > On Mon 20 Jan 2020 at 17:09:33 (-0800), Rick Thomas wrote: > > Whether you can use the "netinstall" CD depends on whether your device's > > network connection requires one of those non-free drivers. If it needs a > > driver that isn't on the CD (which is more likely, the smaller the install > > medium) to retrieve the drivers it needs... > > I'm confused. I thought you were discussing firmware. I was under the > impression that the non-free firmware on the netinstall CD was the > same as that on the DVDs, ie the files under > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/firmware/