Andy, it's probably more helpful if you respond to the reporter too - they're most likely not subscribed to the mailing list...
On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 11:43:06AM +0100, Andy Simpkins wrote: >On 19/08/19 17:00, slow_sp...@att.net wrote: >> You may be interested to know that the iso's listed at >> https://cdimage.debian.org/images/unofficial/non-free/images-including-firmware/10.0.0-live+nonfree/amd64/iso-hybrid/ >> >> are missing some firmware information. >> >> I selected the debian-live-10.0.0-amd64-xfce+nonfree.iso for my Dell >> Studio XPS notebook computer. It always had complained that it needed >> the B43 Broadcom firmware files of b43/ucode16_mimo.fw and >> b43-open/ucode16_mimo.fw. >> >> Whenever I would install Debian Buster it would look for those. It >> never made any difference if I added the missing files to another flash >> drive in another USB port or swapped into the same port, they were never >> found by the install process. >> >> With the new iso, it did exactly the same thing. Evidently the non-free >> version does not contain the missing firmware anyway. >> >> Please advise as to how to get the install to look for the *.deb or >> other files containing the necessary firmware. >> >> Thank you. >> >> >> >Hi there, > >A quick note to acknowledge your post. > >The B43 firmware resides in the following packages in the non-free >section of the repository: > b43-fwcutter_019-4_amd64.deb > firmware-b43-installer_019-4_all.deb > firmware-b43legacy-installer_019-4_all.deb > > >*IF* > >You are wanting to install onto your laptop, the firmware *IS* part of >the manifest for the non-free installation image >i.e.https://cdimage.debian.org/images/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/10.0.0+nonfree/amd64/iso-cd/ > >*BUT IF* > >You just want to run a live image at this point in time I agree with you >that this appears to be missing. >Looking at the manifest of the 'live' images I do not see mention of the >B43 drivers... > ><< Highvoltage >> Can you confirm this please? -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com "I suspect most samba developers are already technically insane... Of course, since many of them are Australians, you can't tell." -- Linus Torvalds