Re: Installing Debian 9

[Rick Thomas]

> On 2018-03-24 00:34, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote:
>> On 24/03/18 10:20,   wrote:
>>> Hello, I am trying to install Debian 9 as a primary OS on an Acer Aspire 5 
>>> Laptop. During the installation process I get a message stating; “Debian 9 
>>> Detect network hardware Some of your hardware needs non-free firmware files 
>>> to operate. The firmware can be loaded from removable media, such as a USB 
>>> stick or floppy...” it then proceeds to list the missing files. I would 
>>> appreciate greatly a hasty response as I need this laptop up and running as 
>>> soon as possible.
>> 
>> Follow the instructions here:
>> https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware
>> 
>> "A suggestion, especially when installing on unfamiliar hardware, is to 
>> download the firmware archive for your platform and unpack it into a 
>> directory named firmware in the root of a removable storage device (USB/CD 
>> drive). When the installer starts, it will automatically find the firmware 
>> files in the directory on the removable storage and, if needed, install the 
>> firmware for your hardware. You can find firmware downloads for your Debian 
>> version at [...]" and then choose the stretch archive easiest to unpack 
>> (e.g. tar.gz on Linux or .zip on Windows) 
>> .
>>  Unpack this and make sure all the .deb files are in a directory called 
>> "firmware" in the root of a thumb drive that you insert during installation. 
>> The installer should find them.
>> 
>> Alternatively, use an unofficial netinst with included firmware:
>> http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/ 
>> For example, for stretch amd64:
>> http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/9.4.0+nonfree/amd64/iso-cd/
>>  
>> 
>> Kind regards,

On Mar 30, 2018, at 12:47 PM, Stefan Rhodin  wrote:

> Hi.
> 
> What I do is add "contrib non-free" on every line after the word main in 
> /etc/apt/sources.list. Minus the " " of course.
> 
> Then I type apt update and let it run its course. Then type apt install 
> firmware-linux-nonfree and reboot. That should take care of it hopefully.

This is what I do as well.  It works as long as you can get a basic install to 
complete without use of the non-free hardware.  For example: If (as is often 
the case) the non-free hardware is a wi-fi card, you will have to connect to 
the network with a wired link (i.e. Ethernet) during the installation and 
subsequent update to bring in the non-free driver.

Hope it helps!
Rick

Re: Installing Debian 9

[Stefan Rhodin]

Hi.

What I do is add "contrib non-free" on every line after the word main in 
/etc/apt/sources.list. Minus the " " of course.


Then I type apt update and let it run its course. Then type apt install 
firmware-linux-nonfree and reboot. That should take care of it hopefully.



On 2018-03-24 00:34, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote:

On 24/03/18 10:20,   wrote:
Hello, I am trying to install Debian 9 as a primary OS on an Acer 
Aspire 5 Laptop. During the installation process I get a message 
stating; “Debian 9 Detect network hardware Some of your hardware 
needs non-free firmware files to operate. The firmware can be loaded 
from removable media, such as a USB stick or floppy...” it then 
proceeds to list the missing files. I would appreciate greatly a 
hasty response as I need this laptop up and running as soon as possible.


Follow the instructions here:
https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware

"A suggestion, especially when installing on unfamiliar hardware, is 
to download the firmware archive for your platform and unpack it into 
a directory named firmware in the root of a removable storage device 
(USB/CD drive). When the installer starts, it will automatically find 
the firmware files in the directory on the removable storage and, if 
needed, install the firmware for your hardware. You can find firmware 
downloads for your Debian version at [...]" and then choose the 
stretch archive easiest to unpack (e.g. tar.gz on Linux or .zip on 
Windows) 
. 
Unpack this and make sure all the .deb files are in a directory called 
"firmware" in the root of a thumb drive that you insert during 
installation. The installer should find them.


Alternatively, use an unofficial netinst with included firmware:
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/ 


For example, for stretch amd64:
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/9.4.0+nonfree/amd64/iso-cd/ 



Kind regards,

Re: Installing Debian 9

[Ben Caradoc-Davies]

On 24/03/18 10:20,   wrote:

Hello, I am trying to install Debian 9 as a primary OS on an Acer Aspire 5 
Laptop. During the installation process I get a message stating; “Debian 9 
Detect network hardware Some of your hardware needs non-free firmware files to 
operate. The firmware can be loaded from removable media, such as a USB stick 
or floppy...” it then proceeds to list the missing files. I would appreciate 
greatly a hasty response as I need this laptop up and running as soon as 
possible.


Follow the instructions here:
https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware

"A suggestion, especially when installing on unfamiliar hardware, is to 
download the firmware archive for your platform and unpack it into a 
directory named firmware in the root of a removable storage device 
(USB/CD drive). When the installer starts, it will automatically find 
the firmware files in the directory on the removable storage and, if 
needed, install the firmware for your hardware. You can find firmware 
downloads for your Debian version at [...]" and then choose the stretch 
archive easiest to unpack (e.g. tar.gz on Linux or .zip on Windows) 
. 
Unpack this and make sure all the .deb files are in a directory called 
"firmware" in the root of a thumb drive that you insert during 
installation. The installer should find them.


Alternatively, use an unofficial netinst with included firmware:
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/
For example, for stretch amd64:
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/9.4.0+nonfree/amd64/iso-cd/

Kind regards,

--
Ben Caradoc-Davies 
Director
Transient Software Limited 
New Zealand

Re: Installing Debian 9

[Forest]

On Fri, 2018-03-23 at 16:20 -0500,   wrote:
> Hello, I am trying to install Debian 9 as a primary OS on an Acer
> Aspire 5 Laptop. During the installation process I get a message
> stating; “Debian 9 Detect network hardware Some of your hardware
> needs non-free firmware files to operate. The firmware can be loaded
> from removable media, such as a USB stick or floppy...” it then
> proceeds to list the missing files. I would appreciate greatly a
> hasty response as I need this laptop up and running as soon as
> possible. 
> Thanks
> 
> Sent from my iPad

Since you don't already have the firmware on a usb drive I'd complete
the installation and then watch the boot process/logs to chase down the
firmware from there.

Acer 5 is too general. Need to know the hardware.

hth

~f

 

Installing Debian 9

[ ]

Hello, I am trying to install Debian 9 as a primary OS on an Acer Aspire 5 
Laptop. During the installation process I get a message stating; “Debian 9 
Detect network hardware Some of your hardware needs non-free firmware files to 
operate. The firmware can be loaded from removable media, such as a USB stick 
or floppy...” it then proceeds to list the missing files. I would appreciate 
greatly a hasty response as I need this laptop up and running as soon as 
possible. 
Thanks

Sent from my iPad