On Thu, 2020-01-09 at 16:17 -0700, 'smee via Dng wrote:
> Actually, after apt remove *nonfree (and a reboot for good measure),
> update-initramfs -u still comes back with the same exact output
> including that last line...

I think your problems are with the new (beowulf) image. It is not using any non-
free parts (or does it?). Did you boot with the old (ascii) kernel and tried
update-initramfs -u?

On my images I only have firmware-linux-free installed, dpkg -l | grep firmware.