[Mageia-dev] boot-nonfree.iso ?

[Thomas Backlund]

30.12.2011 14:27, Wolfgang Bornath skrev:
> 2011/12/30 Thomas Backlund<tmb at mageia.org>:

>> DrakX/installer will work as it does not rely on hw specific drivers, as it
>> runs in framebuffer mode.
>>
>> The point of fixing stage2 is that when installer detects hw that needs
>> firmware from nonfree, it should notify the user and ask if he/she wants
>> to install it, either from an additional media or from online repos.
>>
>> The problem with upcoming radeon hw, is that it wont work with
>> radeon.modeset=0 as the only supported mode is KMS.
>>
>> I'm also looking into have the radeon driver refuse to load if it does
>> not find its firmware, and maybe instead load vesa. But no ETA on that part.
>
> And yet another important issue is wifi firmware to enable
> notebook/netbook owners to install from dvd + extra cd/stick.
>

Yep. That is what the "additional media" mentioned above is all about.

I already have one created for test, but it didn't work properly for
alpha2 so I didn't push it.
I'll try to make it work for alpha3

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Thomas