Re: Debian 10.3 text installer; guided partitioning does not work; manual partitioning doesn't make USB bootable

2020-03-12 Thread Alan Tu
Thanks Andrei. The firmware image (thanks Debian team!) did in fact have my wi-fi driver, saving a step. There is still one issue, and one point of feedback. The issue is that despite not needing the second USB, the partitioner still complains that the free space is too small and I cannot use guid

Re: Debian 10.3 text installer; guided partitioning does not work; manual partitioning doesn't make USB bootable

2020-03-12 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 11 mar 20, 12:58:21, Alan Tu wrote: > > I have the second USB inserted into a different USB port. I need this > second USB to have my *.ucode firmware file on it, for my Intel wifi > chip. Therefore this second USB has a FAT32 partition at first. I would suggest you use an image that inclu

Re: Debian 10.3 text installer; guided partitioning does not work; manual partitioning doesn't make USB bootable

2020-03-11 Thread David Christensen
On 2020-03-11 12:58, Alan Tu wrote: Hi, I need some ideas for getting Debian 10.3 to install and boot. I prefer the "CD-1" Debian Installer image, available via [1] or [2]. I would wipe the target drive, install Debian, and then install the Wi-Fi drivers. David [1] https://cdimage.de

Debian 10.3 text installer; guided partitioning does not work; manual partitioning doesn't make USB bootable

2020-03-11 Thread Alan Tu
Hi, I need some ideas for getting Debian 10.3 to install and boot. I think I'm very close, just missing something. I'm on an x64 system. What I need to do is to use one live USB to install to a blank USB, and then have the second USB boot into Debian. I am blind, which means without speech I don'