On 13/01/14 04:38, tty7 wrote: > Hello, I've attempted to install non-free firmware several times with > wheezy amd64. I've tried placing the *.deb* package
Emphasis is mine. > on / and on /firmware/ of both an SD card and a USB stick. I've > extracted the files and placed the loose files it calls for by name > (rtl_nic/etc) in both / and /firmware on both the SD card and USB > stick. > > In short, I've followed with the documentation says to do, yet the > installer does not seem to "find" the files. Which documentation is that. > > I've switched to tty2 (Ctrl-Alt-F2) and activated it, and created > /mnt/sdcard and /mnt/usb and mounted both filesystems, and verified > that the firmware exists in both places on both devices. The > installer can't seem to "find" it even with them manually mounted. > > > Is there some other place the installer is looking? there appears to > be no way to specify a mountpoint or location to find these files. > > Anyone got a clue? I'm tapped out.. > > > Thanks! It reads like you are using not using the non-free-firmware version of the installer *and* you are trying to add the firmware-linux-free-*.deb to the installation process - if that's the case skip to the last two paragraphs. If you've already installed Debian *and* down-loaded the non-free firmware image but for some reason don't wish to use apt/aptitude:- # dpkg -i $pathTo\firmware-linux-free-*.deb (replace $pathTo with actual path to the package, you can leave the wildcard in the debian package name) If you've already installed Debian and you can use apt:- # apt-get install firmware-linux-free If you have *not* already installed Debian you need to use the files from either the *.tar.gz* or the *.zip* package. I'm not familiar with the process of trying to manually extract the drivers from the .deb package. Those packages are here:- http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/firmware/wheezy/current/ See 6.4.1. Preparing a medium:- https://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/i386/ch06s04.html.en Kind regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
