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

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On Wed, Feb 24, 2021, 10:09 AM Robbi Nespu <robbinespu@gmail.com> 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 cards (optimus) and theoretically, with Debian 11 (or
> newer), special configuration shouldn't be needed and offloading should be
> available as soon as you've installed the proprietary drivers[1]. This
> machine has a faulty LAN port and only 1 of 3 USB ports are usable. So I
> can only use 1 USB per time and only WIFI for the network connection.
>
> Since Debian provides an unofficial netinst image for i386/amd64/powerpc
> with the non-free firmware, I go and download the ISO[2] and make a
> bootable USB installer.
>
> But when I during the installation process (on "detect network hardware"
> phase),   debian-installer dialog  asked me to load 2 firmware which is
> iwIwifi-2030-6.ucode and  iwIwifi-2030-5.ucode  .. I feel perplexed about
> this. So I checked the USB, it already have the firmware but with deb
> package format:
>
> /firmware/firmware-iwlwifi_20201218-3_all.deb
> /pool/non-free/f/firmware-nonfree/firmware-iwlwifi_20201218-3_all.deb
>
> Seems this firmware load on the next stage which is after network setup
> and after do the partitioning stuff. I wonder why, since this is netinst I
> need network working from the during installation process, not after that.
>
> Question :
> a) Is it possible to do self modification on the installation script so
> the wifi chip will be available and working during the installation process
> so I can pull the packages that I want during installation from Debian
> mirror. If yes, how and if no, please suggest me some solutions that don't
> need me to fix LAN port, buy cable and router (since I use wifi hotspot
> from my phone)
>

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, and go from there.

>
> The precompile firmware are available here[3] and here[4]
>
> TLDR; I want  firmware-iwlwifi  already loaded and working during Debian
> installation phase, not after install.
>
> [1] https://wiki.debian.org/NVIDIA%20Optimus#PRIMEOffload
> [2]
> http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/images-including-firmware/weekly-builds/amd64/iso-cd/firmware-testing-amd64-netinst.iso
> [3]
> https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/_media/en/users/drivers/iwlwifi-2030-ucode-18.168.6.1.tgz
> [4] https://github.com/OpenELEC/iwlwifi-firmware/tree/master/firmware
>

Kenneth Parker

>
>

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How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO installer Robbi Nespu <robbinespu@gmail.com> - 2021-02-24 16:10 +0100
  Re: How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO installer Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> - 2021-02-24 16:40 +0100
    Re: How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO  installer Robbi Nespu <robbinespu@gmail.com> - 2021-02-25 03:50 +0100
  Re: How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO  installer Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-02-24 17:10 +0100
    Re: How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO  installer John Boxall <jboxall47@gmail.com> - 2021-02-24 17:20 +0100
      Re: How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO  installer Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-02-24 17:30 +0100
        Re: How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO  installer Robbi Nespu <robbinespu@gmail.com> - 2021-02-25 04:40 +0100
      Re: How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO  installer Robbi Nespu <robbinespu@gmail.com> - 2021-02-25 04:00 +0100
    Re: How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO  installer Robbi Nespu <robbinespu@gmail.com> - 2021-02-25 04:00 +0100
      Re: How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO  installer David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-02-25 05:50 +0100
        Re: How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO  installer [SOLVED] Robbi Nespu <robbinespu@gmail.com> - 2021-02-25 11:20 +0100
        Re: How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO  installer Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-02-25 15:40 +0100
          Re: How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO  installer Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-02-26 14:10 +0100
          Re: How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO  installer David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-03-01 01:40 +0100
            Re: How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO  installer Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2021-03-01 04:00 +0100
            Re: How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO  installer Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-03-01 15:20 +0100
              Re: How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO  installer David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-03-01 18:00 +0100
                Re: How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO  installer Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-03-01 21:50 +0100
  Re: How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO installer Semih Ozlem <semihozlemlinuxuser@gmail.com> - 2021-02-26 06:50 +0100

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