![]() However, now I needed firmware for my graphic card (Error encountered read: ” Radeon kernel modesetting requires firmware”) so I was only able to use the tttyl terminal. After following the instructions from this StackOverflow thread I was able to continue with the “Install the base system” step and finish my installation.Īfter the installation completed, I attempted to boot into my new system. After a while of searching, I found this beautiful post perfectly outlining all the necessary steps to get Debian to find the firmware for my network adapter.Īfter setting up the firmware the rest of the installation was almost pain free except I received a “Debootstrap error Failed to determine the codename for the release” error after having the wizard partition my hard drive. I later found out those last two items were probably unnecessary since we have access to a terminal during our installation. It turns out, Debian does not ship with support for non-free firm/software and I was doing a net install so I couldn’t continue with the installation until I got my internet connection setup.Īfter scouring around for another spare USB, I downloaded the firmware off Debian’s site, enabled the command line tools on the Mac laptop and extracted them into the USB. Debian could detect my devices but couldn’t make use of them since the firmware was not installed (brcm/bcm43xx-0.fw and rtl_nic/rtl8168e-2.fw). It was all going well until we reached the network part. I opened my old PC’s UEFI and made my USB the main boot device and began the installation process. ![]() I cleared my 4GB USB from 2010 and used the portable version of Rufus to make my USB bootable. I read the first few sentences off the main Debian installation page and decided to try the net install. I’m also lazy about updating software so Debian sounded right. I know I could have started with a more user friendly OS like Ubuntu but I wanted to play around with an OS I would more likely encounter in a professional space. Plus, running a VM with Oracle VirtualBox gets old once you actually really start working. I know very little about Linux but I enjoy a challenge and tinkering with things. It hurt my heart to see my old PC gathering dust in my parent’s closet so I decided it would be good idea to turn it into a Linux workstation because my main PC has become clunky after installing new software for work.
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