How to install non-free firmware after installing Debian

[yudi v]

I installed Debian on a laptop and did not install the non-free firmware while installing Debian as I did not have the firmware files. During initial install, the installer detected the wireless card and prompted me to make the firmware available.

I need to install Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network Connection driver for Linux

I downloaded the non-free firmware files and was looking for good documentation on how to install non-free firmware. So far  I did not come across one on Debian site.

I set up Debian with LVM on top of LUKS.

Can someone point me in the right direction.

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Kind regards,
Yudi

[Kumar Appaiah]

On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 10:21:37PM +1000, yudi v wrote:
> I need to install [1]Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network Connection

> driver for Linux
>
> I downloaded the non-free firmware files and was looking for good

> documentation on how to install non-free firmware. So far* I did not come

> across one on Debian site.
>
> I set up Debian with LVM on top of LUKS.
>
> Can someone point me in the right direction.

If you have ethernet access, just use apt-get install
firmware-iwlwifi. Else just get the firmware-iwlwifi deb package and
bring it to your laptop (via USB, say) and use dpkg -i <debfile> to
install it.

HTH.

Kumar
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[yudi v]

Thanks
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Kind regards,
Yudi