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

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On Mon 07 Mar 2016 at 16:19:37 +0100, Nicolas George wrote:

> L'octidi 18 ventôse, an CCXXIV, Brian a écrit :
> > 2. Unpack the .deb for the firmware you want:
> > 
> >     ar -x /cdrom/pool/non-free/f/firmware-nonfree/<your_firmware.deb>
> > 
> > 3. Uncompress data.tar.xz:
> > 
> >     unxz data.tar.xz
> > 
> > 4. Install the firmware in /lib/firmware:
> > 
> >     tar xvf data.tar
> 
> What is the point of doing three steps with intermediate files when a single
> step is enough?

It makes things clearer for someone who doesn't mind doing step-by-step
processes. Walking before running springs to mind.

> For decompressing and detaring, everybody knows how to use a pipe:
> 
> unxz < data.tar.xz | tar x
> 
> With GNU tar, "tar xJ" will call unxz automatically, and if the input is a
> file, "tar xf" will detect the compression.

I'm positive this is good advice. Thanks for posting it.

> Furthermore, dpkg provides tools to handle deb packages:
> 
> dpkg --fsys-tarfile /path/to/file.deb | tar x

You've tried using dpkg from a console in the installer at the install
stage we are considering? Feel free to report back on your experience.

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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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