On Tuesday 17 February 2026 at 19:36:19, Haines Brown via Dng wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 16, 2026 at 11:46:32PM +0100, Antony Stone wrote:
>
> > I have to admit to having become significantly confused about what the
> > real problem is here. Have you confirmed, for example, that including
> > the wireless firmware during the installation process results in a
> > bootable machine, but not doing so results in a non-bootable machine?
>
> Since I am connected by Ethernet I did not ask that firmware be installed
> from external media. I in case I nerver had problems installing by meaas
> of wifi and did not need to bring in firmware to do it.

Please explain that last sentence.

Are you saying that you can perform an installation:

a) using the wireless interface as your Internet connection

AND

b) without providing firmware for the wireless interface during the
installation process?

Are you also saying that such an installation is successful, resulting in a
bootable system?

If so, your simplest option sounds to me to be just that - install over
wireless and then use the resulting system (which I am pretty sure is going to
have working ethernet as well should you prefer to use that interface later).


If I have misunderstood, please explain your sentence in more detail.


Thanks,


Antony.

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