Re: How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO installer

2021-03-01 Thread Brian
On Mon 01 Mar 2021 at 10:53:16 -0600, David Wright wrote: > On Mon 01 Mar 2021 at 14:13:08 (+), Brian wrote: > > > > The directory structure has to remain intact. Execute, for example, > > > > modinfo zd1211rw | less > > > > At the top we have > > > > firmware: zd1211/zd1211_uphr

Re: How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO installer

2021-03-01 Thread David Wright
On Mon 01 Mar 2021 at 14:13:08 (+), Brian wrote: > On Sun 28 Feb 2021 at 18:36:49 -0600, David Wright wrote: > > On Thu 25 Feb 2021 at 14:32:49 (+), Brian wrote: > > > On Wed 24 Feb 2021 at 22:47:59 -0600, David Wright wrote: > > > > On Thu 25 Feb 2021 at 10:36:40 (+0800), Robbi Nespu wrote

Re: How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO installer

2021-03-01 Thread Brian
On Sun 28 Feb 2021 at 18:36:49 -0600, David Wright wrote: > On Thu 25 Feb 2021 at 14:32:49 (+), Brian wrote: > > On Wed 24 Feb 2021 at 22:47:59 -0600, David Wright wrote: > > > On Thu 25 Feb 2021 at 10:36:40 (+0800), Robbi Nespu wrote: > > > > > > > > 5. Create /lib/firmware: mkdir /lib/firmw

Re: How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO installer

2021-02-28 Thread Charles Curley
On Sun, 28 Feb 2021 18:36:49 -0600 David Wright wrote: > It appears that nowadays (official buster 10.8 netinst, amd64 and > i386), loose firmware files don't get picked up, either off a second > USB stick¹, or off an extra partition added to the hybrid > installation stick. You have to offer it

Re: How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO installer

2021-02-28 Thread David Wright
On Thu 25 Feb 2021 at 14:32:49 (+), Brian wrote: > On Wed 24 Feb 2021 at 22:47:59 -0600, David Wright wrote: > > On Thu 25 Feb 2021 at 10:36:40 (+0800), Robbi Nespu wrote: > > > > > > 5. Create /lib/firmware: mkdir /lib/firmware and transfer the > > > >firmware there. > > > > > > > > 6. A

Re: How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO installer

2021-02-26 Thread Brian
On Thu 25 Feb 2021 at 14:32:49 +, Brian wrote: > On Wed 24 Feb 2021 at 22:47:59 -0600, David Wright wrote: > > > On Thu 25 Feb 2021 at 10:36:40 (+0800), Robbi Nespu wrote: > > > > > > 5. Create /lib/firmware: mkdir /lib/firmware and transfer the > > > >firmware there. > > > > > > > > 6.

Re: How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO installer

2021-02-25 Thread Semih Ozlem
You can get a usb hub to be able to have multiple usbs connected from one port. Not sure if that would solve all the problems, but it may help. Robbi Nespu , 24 Şub 2021 Çar, 18:09 tarihinde şunu yazdı: > I have another laptop which dual boot with Fedora and Windows10, it is not > my primary lapt

Re: How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO installer

2021-02-25 Thread Brian
On Wed 24 Feb 2021 at 22:47:59 -0600, David Wright wrote: > On Thu 25 Feb 2021 at 10:36:40 (+0800), Robbi Nespu wrote: > > > > 5. Create /lib/firmware: mkdir /lib/firmware and transfer the > > >firmware there. > > > > > > 6. ALT-F1 to go back to d-i. d-i should now find the firmware. > > No

Re: How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO installer [SOLVED]

2021-02-25 Thread Robbi Nespu
I found out a nice solution (thanks David Wright for the hint!), simply: 1. download and save the firmware to root of our debian installer USB 2. Boot USB 3. Press Ctrl+Alt+F2 to spawn busybox terminal 4. execute this command # /bin/mountmedia # cp -ir /media/YOUR_FIRMWARE_FILE_H

Re: How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO installer

2021-02-24 Thread David Wright
On Thu 25 Feb 2021 at 10:36:40 (+0800), Robbi Nespu wrote: > On Wed, 24 Feb 2021 16:07:09 +, Brian wrote: > > [T]his is from memory; I haven't done it for some time. > > > > 1. The USB stick you boot from will have empty space or a secomd > >partition. > > > There only one partition but

Re: How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO installer

2021-02-24 Thread Robbi Nespu
On Wed, 24 Feb 2021 16:28:33 +, Brian wrote: Indeed. However, the problem (unless I am misunderstanding) is that the firmware is not even being found on the non-free netinstall, which is the whole point of having that image available. Yes, the firmware not even being found on certain stage

Re: How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO installer

2021-02-24 Thread Robbi Nespu
On Wed, 24 Feb 2021 11:14:59 -0500, John Boxall wrote: Alternatively, you can extract the firmware files to a different USB stick and put them in the root of that one, insert both and the installer will find the files when you boot the original USB stick. To bad, this machine only have 1 wor

Re: How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO installer

2021-02-24 Thread Robbi Nespu
On Wed, 24 Feb 2021 16:07:09 +, Brian wrote: his is from memory; I haven't done it for some time. 1. The USB stick you boot from will have empty space or a secomd partition. There only one partition but there is lot of empty space 2. Extract the firmware files from the .deb and put t

Re: How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO installer

2021-02-24 Thread Robbi Nespu
On Wed, 24 Feb 2021 10:39:16 -0500 Kenneth Parker wrote: When I had a situation like that, my workaround was to install without the Network (but with the netinst CD), stopping at the "minimal system". It actually gives you a bootable system. And then, use the external media to get WiFi working,

Re: How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO installer

2021-02-24 Thread Brian
On Wed 24 Feb 2021 at 11:14:59 -0500, John Boxall wrote: > > > On 2021-02-24 11:07 a.m., Brian wrote: > > On Wed 24 Feb 2021 at 22:51:05 +0800, Robbi Nespu wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > TLDR; I want firmware-iwlwifi already loaded and working during Debian > > > installation phase, not afte

Re: How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO installer

2021-02-24 Thread John Boxall
On 2021-02-24 11:07 a.m., Brian wrote: On Wed 24 Feb 2021 at 22:51:05 +0800, Robbi Nespu wrote: [...] TLDR; I want firmware-iwlwifi already loaded and working during Debian installation phase, not after install. This is from memory; I haven't done it for some time. 1. The USB stick you

Re: How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO installer

2021-02-24 Thread Brian
On Wed 24 Feb 2021 at 22:51:05 +0800, Robbi Nespu wrote: [...] > TLDR; I want firmware-iwlwifi already loaded and working during Debian > installation phase, not after install. This is from memory; I haven't done it for some time. 1. The USB stick you boot from will have empty space or a seco

Re: How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO installer

2021-02-24 Thread Kenneth Parker
On Wed, Feb 24, 2021, 10:09 AM Robbi Nespu wrote: > I have another laptop which dual boot with Fedora and Windows10, it is not > my primary laptop since 9 months ago and I haven't used it since then. I > plan to fully install Debian testing on this machine because this laptop > has dual graphic c

How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO installer

2021-02-24 Thread Robbi Nespu
I have another laptop which dual boot with Fedora and Windows10, it is not my primary laptop since 9 months ago and I haven't used it since then. I plan to fully install Debian testing on this machine because this laptop has dual graphic cards (optimus) and theoretically, with Debian 11 (or newer),