On Sat, 03 Jan 2009, Frans Pop wrote: > On Wednesday 24 December 2008, Don Armstrong wrote: > > It would be nice if you (or someone else) would then explain[1] > > why having a limited set of d-i images + cd images which contained > > the non-free firmware necessary for certain hardware to boot would > > be an intractable solution. From where I sit, the major issues > > with it would be: > > The major issue is that it does not solve all use-cases where > firmware is needed. It does not solve the problem for netboot > installations, nor for hd-media installations.
Sure it does; it's a set of the initial media which contains the non-free firmware in *addition* to the normal stuff contained on the fully DFSG-free media. [You'd just need this for CD1, the netinst, business card and cd images, and perhaps the m-a DVD.] The only additional user-facing complexity is the additional media and the need for users to be able to differentiate between the media types. > We don't want to have users jump through hoops. Having to burn an > additional image just for firmware and having to switch to that > image and then switch back to the installation image is IMO a major > hoop. Having an additional image just for firmware was not what I suggested. Don Armstrong -- If you have the slightest bit of intellectual integrity you cannot support the government. -- anonymous http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org