[!!] Install the GRUB boot loader on a hard disk

[Ioannis Vranos]

On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 8:27 PM, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Yes indeed.
>
> Debian has been getting easier to install in recent years, but Debian
> 6, the current version, has deliberately removed all drivers that
> include proprietary firmware. This means that it no longer works on my
> elderly IBM Thinkpad, for instance. I might be able to /install/ the
> drivers, in theory, but since I have no network connection - none of
> my 2 available Ethernet cards or 2 available Wifi cards work any more
> - I can't download anything to install!

The proprietary drivers are available as a separate CD image:

http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware




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