On Sun 21 Nov 2021 at 16:30:06 +0000, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Sun, Nov 21, 2021 at 05:38:56PM +0300, John Berden wrote: > > Hi all! > > > > I have Acer Nitra 5 laptop with the following parameters: > > Six-core Intel i5-11400H > > System board chipset Intel Tiger Point HM570, Intel Tiger Lake-H > > DIMM1: Samsung M471A1K43EB1-CWE > > DIMM3: Samsung M471A1K43EB1-CWE > > Integrated video Intel(R) UHD Graphics > > Discrete video NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU > > > > Can I embed Drivers for these devices to Debian installer?
If you really mean drivers (and not firmware) I think the answer is "no". At least not easily. > > Or at least how can I embed a WiFi driver? > > I use Firmware-11.1.0-AMD64-DVD-1.Iso > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > Hi John, > > Use the firmware .iso you have to install Debian. At the point at which > you need firmware, the installer should supply it. Firmware for network devices only, I believe. > If you have an Ethernet port and can used a wired interface to bootstrap > installation do so. I took a quick look at the specs for this machine. It does not appear to have an ethernet interface. > A complication is that this is a gaming laptop with two video displays. > If you wish to use both, then there are difficulties in doing so. > > I would suggest booting from the isntaller and doing an expert install. I agee with that. > Stop without installing any desktop - so unselect a Debian desktop. Normally I would agree with this too, but the lack of ethernet is likely to lead to an issue with connectivity after first boot. See https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=694068 > Complete the install as text only if you can. > > Decide whether you want to use the proprietary Nvidia drivers or not. > > Install the bumblebee utilities as appropriate > > If using the Nvidia propriatary drivers, install the nvidia-driver utilities > as prompted. > > Once that's done: reboot. > > Only at that point install a desktop using tasksel as root/root equivalent. > > Hope this helps, I don't particularly have a gaming laptop to install on. -- Brian.