Re: Updated installation images for Debian Ports 2020-04-19

Hi Darren!

On 4/20/20 10:53 AM, Darren Goossens wrote:
> I understand your comment about help being appreciated. I'm afraid I
> am an amateur, and my day job is nothing to do with software. I am
> happy to test things and see how they work and report back, but I am
> not a developer -- not even a programmer, I just have an AlphaServer
> like the ones I used to use and I try to keep going. It works great on
> Debian 5, the last official Alpha port, but that's getting pretty old.
> Please understand that I am in no way pushing or expressing
> disappointment. I guessed from the file list that the files were not
> in there, but I did want to check. I recognise that there is much to
> do and little time, and you must be very busy with other things that
> will affect far more users, and that priorities have to be given to
> some things ahead of others.

Please try to stay on the list if discussing such issues.

You can add the firmware files manually during installation with a
floppy disk. The installer asks during installation if you want
to provide additional firmware using removable media.

Adrian