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Re: Is it possible to conduct a Debian install over wifi (iwlwifi)?

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Hi Brian,

On Mon, Mar 07, 2016 at 10:46:47AM +0000, Brian wrote:
> 1. Stop at the 'Detect network hardware' stage and switch to a console.
> 
> 2. Unpack the .deb for the firmware you want:
> 
>     ar -x /cdrom/pool/non-free/f/firmware-nonfree/<your_firmware.deb>

Because I was using the non-free firmware installers, the firmware
was already present in /lib/firmware and still the (jessie
net-)installer did not ask for it.

In my other follow-up I mentioned that a daily d-i stretch ISO
(again of the unofficial non-free firmware variety) did actually
work as far as wifi firmware was concerned, but bombed out with a
package conflict. It turns out that switching to the console and
doing "apt-get install -f" as it suggested did resolve that and the
install was able to proceed.

I have ended up with a successful install of stretch, entirely
installed over wifi, which is very encouraging.

I'm undecided whether to stay on testing though, so I might yet end
up trying a few different things to get stable installed…

Cheers,
Andy

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Is it possible to conduct a Debian install over wifi (iwlwifi)? Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2016-03-07 05:00 +0100
  Re: Is it possible to conduct a Debian install over wifi (iwlwifi)? Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2016-03-07 07:00 +0100
    Re: Is it possible to conduct a Debian install over wifi (iwlwifi)? Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2016-03-07 22:20 +0100
  Re: Is it possible to conduct a Debian install over wifi (iwlwifi)? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-03-07 11:50 +0100
    Re: Is it possible to conduct a Debian install over wifi (iwlwifi)? Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2016-03-07 13:10 +0100
      Re: Is it possible to conduct a Debian install over wifi (iwlwifi)? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-03-08 11:40 +0100
        Re: Is it possible to conduct a Debian install over wifi (iwlwifi)? err404@free.fr - 2016-03-08 11:50 +0100
        Re: Is it possible to conduct a Debian install over wifi (iwlwifi)? Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2016-03-09 20:50 +0100
          Re: Is it possible to conduct a Debian install over wifi (iwlwifi)? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-03-09 22:50 +0100
    Re: Is it possible to conduct a Debian install over wifi (iwlwifi)? Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2016-03-07 16:30 +0100
      Re: Is it possible to conduct a Debian install over wifi (iwlwifi)? Charlie Kravetz <cjk@teamcharliesangels.com> - 2016-03-07 17:40 +0100
      Re: Is it possible to conduct a Debian install over wifi (iwlwifi)? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-03-07 20:30 +0100
        Re: Is it possible to conduct a Debian install over wifi (iwlwifi)? Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2016-03-07 20:40 +0100
          Re: Is it possible to conduct a Debian install over wifi (iwlwifi)? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-03-07 21:00 +0100
            Re: Is it possible to conduct a Debian install over wifi (iwlwifi)? Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2016-03-07 21:00 +0100
              Re: Is it possible to conduct a Debian install over wifi (iwlwifi)? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-03-07 21:30 +0100
          Re: Is it possible to conduct a Debian install over wifi (iwlwifi)? Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> - 2016-03-07 21:30 +0100
            Re: Is it possible to conduct a Debian install over wifi (iwlwifi)? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-03-07 21:40 +0100

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