On Wed, 28 Jul 2021 22:26:07 +0000
g4sra via Dng <dng@???> wrote:

> <--snip-->
> This is why Devuan's installer will ask\prompt you to insert additional installation media such as a USB stick.
Hi
The user most of the time doesn't even know which driver or firmware blob he needs so this is not a solution
(unless you know how to scan dmesg...to spot the trouble).

Better would be to tell them:
1) minimal install, netinstall isos/usb images are for advanced users as they could miss firmware/drivers and you are on your own.
2) full install CD/DVD/usb images contain all available firmware/drivers and give best results (plus initial opt out of non-free stuff defaulting to: I want it)

Just my 2 cents,
Ciao,
Tito

> There are just too many Gigabytes of Drivers required to satisfy every corner case, put the drivers your quirky hardware requires on a USB stick and use it when prompted!
> I do not ever want to have to install an OS from 31 removable media's ever again! (Windows NT anybody?).