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Hi: this is not Slackware proper but as I am a slackware user... A debian installer is asking me to insert removable media (and it mentions USB stick expressly) to load a wi-fi driver: iwlwifi-3160-17.ucode. I had a stick with two partitions: one, ISO9660 and the other vfat. I placed the file in the vfat partition, but the installer did not find it. So I think that if I make only one partition, and that type vfat, maybe the installer finds it. I have the procedure to format in FAT32 in a note-book, but I do not have here. Ahhh... I think I remember. mkfs.fat, but do not remember the options. Well, a little reading of the manual won't heart me.
Distribution: Debian /Jessie/Stretch/Sid, Linux Mint DE
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You need the WiFi drivers only if you want to use WiFi during installation. Do you? If you have a wired connection at your disposal, use the wired connection. Once Debian is installed, you can add the non-free repositories and install non-free drivers as needed.
Instead of this complicated process, try to download a Debian installer which already contains the non-free drivers. On the Debian page where the installers are listed there is a link to installation media including non-free drivers.
You need the WiFi drivers only if you want to use WiFi during installation. Do you? If you have a wired connection at your disposal, use the wired connection. Once Debian is installed, you can add the non-free repositories and install non-free drivers as needed.
Instead of this complicated process, try to download a Debian installer which already contains the non-free drivers. On the Debian page where the installers are listed there is a link to installation media including non-free drivers.
jlinkels
Thanks a lot. I downloaded the firmware package and had no problems with the wi-fi.
To prepare a USB stick (or other medium like a hard drive partition, or floppy disk), the firmware files or packages must be placed in either the root directory or a directory named /firmware of the file system on the medium. The recommended file system to use is FAT as that is most certain to be supported during the early stages of the installation.
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