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Re: Quirks noted with install on new machine

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On Wed 28 Dec 2016 at 04:48:41 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:

> I just purchased a used Lenovo T430 and did my interpretation of a minimal
> install of Debian 8.6.0 with a Mate DE.
> 
> During install was a warning message that two non-free drivers were
> "required". As I had none available I chose the option to continue without
> installing. It went on and I have an apparently fully functional system.
> 
> I have two questions:
> 1. Is there a log somewhere that would tell me what it thought was missing?
>    The laptop may have a feature that I've never used but would like if I
>    knew it existed.

grep -i firmware /var/log/installer/syslog

> 2. The explicit raison detre of this laptop is to serve as a test bed for,
>    for want of a better term, alternative configurations. All install will be
>    done with a very custom preseed.cfg file. If I'm not interested in whatever
>    functionality provided by this non-free software, is there a way to bypass
>    that particular warning?

https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/example-preseed.txt

-- 
Brian.

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Quirks noted with install on new machine Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-12-28 11:50 +0100
  Re: Quirks noted with install on new machine Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-12-28 23:50 +0100
    Re: Quirks noted with install on new machine Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-12-29 05:00 +0100
      Re: Quirks noted with install on new machine Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-12-29 12:00 +0100
  Re: Quirks noted with install on new machine Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-12-29 00:00 +0100
    Re: Quirks noted with install on new machine Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-12-29 05:10 +0100
      Re: Quirks noted with install on new machine Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-12-29 12:00 +0100
        Re: Quirks noted with install on new machine Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-12-29 13:10 +0100
      Re: Quirks noted with install on new machine rhkramer@gmail.com - 2016-12-29 14:30 +0100
        Re: Quirks noted with install on new machine Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-12-29 15:50 +0100
      ERROR! - was [Re: Quirks noted with install on new machine] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-01-02 14:00 +0100
        Re: ERROR! - was [Re: Quirks noted with install on new machine] David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-01-02 16:50 +0100
          Re: ERROR! - was [Re: Quirks noted with install on new machine] Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2017-01-03 14:50 +0100

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