On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 11:30:04AM -0700, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Mon, 2009-09-28 at 17:06 +0200, Jürgen Kertz wrote: > > Hello! > > > > Thank you all for explaining the matter to me! > > I finally understand why there has to be this non-free firmware package. > > > > Hopefully there will be a convenient "exception" for the squeeze release > > similar to the vote for lenny, but i guess this has to be discussed > > somewhere else. > > There will be no such exception. You should assume that you will need > to provide firmware on separate media such as a USB flash drive when > installing squeeze. (This is already the case for lenny when using some > wireless devices for installation.)
Though note that you can mod your installer to include any necessary firmware - assuming your driver has support for loading it. Here's a script to do that, which works w/ the firmware redistributed in non-free: http://dannf.org/bloggf/tech/add-firmware-to.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
