package: installer Installing on an old x86 cpu which requires "non free" drivers, the installer correctly quotes the needed driver's name. Bravo. but...
1) it suggests adding removable media, which is basically impossible in the context of the installer running from a memory stick 2) it doesn't tell you in what path on the media to place the driver. I still don't know what path would be appropriate if I could figure out how and where to mount an additional memory stick where it would be seen, but if (instead) I go back and insert the file on the installer stick memory stick, it apparently has to go in /firmware 3) in my particular case, the driver is brcm/brcmfmac43340-sdio.bin, which *also* requires a text file, brcm/brcmfmac43340-sdio.txt. I know this because I figured out case 2B and got the installer to accept the .bin; it then it mentions the need for the .txt file. (Again, thanks, it would have been impossible to proceed without this key information). However, there's apparently no way to get the installer to accept the .txt file in the same way that it finds the .bin. 4) a workaround, if you can complete the installation without the network working, is to copy both files into /lib/firmware/ and magically the network will work. -- This whole process is very user unfriendly - especially for for the case of a novice user (I'm not) trying to install linux for the first time. Rather than trying to put the whole book of possibilities in the installer, how about if such messages were accompanied by links pointing to detailed explanations.
