where to get iwlwifi-8000-8.ucode firmware file?

icewizard · 2017-11-11 17:54:00

I'm trying to install bunsen labs, but during the installation a message says some of my hardware needs non-free firmware files to operate and it can be loaded with a usb. I need the firmware file iwlwifi-8000-8.ucode, and I copied the files for that onto my usb from this link https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/use … i#firmware iwlwifi-8000-ucode-25.30.13.0.tgz , but when I tried to load those files with my usb to the installation the screen changed to just saying detect network hardware and then it showed the missing non free firmware message again, so I'm not sure what to do about this. I will appreciate any help with this.

Head_on_a_Stick · 2017-11-11 18:04:54

See https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/ … 04.html.en

I need the firmware file iwlwifi-8000-8.ucode

How do you know this?

Can we please see the output of this command:

lspci -knn | grep -iA2 net

The database probably needs updating beforehand:

sudo update-pciids

I think that firmware is in the jessie-backports version of the firmware-iwlwifi package but if your hardware is that new then Debian stretch would probably support it better.

I tried to load those files

Unless you explain exactly how you attempted to do this then we cannot tell if you have made a mistake somewhere.

icewizard · 2017-11-11 18:56:16

How do I use those commands without an operating system installed on my computer? Is there some editor I can use when I boot my computer? Or should I use an editor in a live version of bunsen labs? I know that those are the missing firmware files because in the message it shows the missing firmware files and thats the only file I'm missing.

I copied the files on a usb on another computer, then I inserted the usb into the computer I'm trying to install bunsen labs on, and in the message that says I'm missing firmware files it says "if you have such media available now, insert it, and continue" with the options yes and no, I chose yes but nothing happened so I think I have the wrong firmware file.
In your link I don't see any iwlwifi-8000-8.ucode file in the list of contents.

beaker · 2017-11-11 19:31:55

Install the os without network and get it working post install.

Head_on_a_Stick · 2017-11-11 19:38:25

icewizard wrote:

How do I use those commands without an operating system installed on my computer? Is there some editor I can use when I boot my computer?

You can load up our ISO image and select the "live" session to run the commands from there (and even post them directly if you have an ethernet connection).

I copied the files on a usb on another computer, then I inserted the usb into the computer I'm trying to install bunsen labs on

Did the USB stick contain a single, FAT-formatted, GNU/Linux partition?

I think you might have to place the files under /firmware on the FAT partition but that may be an obsolete requirement.

In your link I don't see any iwlwifi-8000-8.ucode file in the list of contents.

The package has Intel Wireless 8000C firmware, version 25.30.14.0 (and a few other 8000C versions) so I think that is the one. But I may be wrong.

The installation guide says that either .debs or raw firmware files should be accepted by the installer.

As a control experiment you could try the Debian stretch unoffcial non-free ISO image, that should already contain the firmware you need:

https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unof … ch/iso-cd/

icewizard · 2017-11-11 22:03:50

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

icewizard wrote:
How do I use those commands without an operating system installed on my computer? Is there some editor I can use when I boot my computer?
You can load up our ISO image and select the "live" session to run the commands from there (and even post them directly if you have an ethernet connection).
I copied the files on a usb on another computer, then I inserted the usb into the computer I'm trying to install bunsen labs on
Did the USB stick contain a single, FAT-formatted, GNU/Linux partition?
I think you might have to place the files under /firmware on the FAT partition but that may be an obsolete requirement.
In your link I don't see any iwlwifi-8000-8.ucode file in the list of contents.
The package has Intel Wireless 8000C firmware, version 25.30.14.0 (and a few other 8000C versions) so I think that is the one. But I may be wrong.
The installation guide says that either .debs or raw firmware files should be accepted by the installer.
As a control experiment you could try the Debian stretch unoffcial non-free ISO image, that should already contain the firmware you need:
https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unof … ch/iso-cd/

the output of lspci -knn | grep -iA2 net is " 02:00.0 ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor co., Ltd. RT8111/8168/84 11 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 10) subsystem : asustek computer inc. device[1043:205f] kernel driver in use: r8169
03:00.0 network controller [0280]: intel corporation Wireless 8260 [8086:24f3] (rev3a)
Subsystem: intel Corporation Dual band wireless-AC 8260 [8086:0010]"

My usb stick does not contain a Fat-formatted GNU/Linux parition. How do I add that to my usb stick if this will help me?

Last edited by icewizard (2017-11-11 22:04:07)

Head_on_a_Stick · 2017-11-11 22:49:05

icewizard wrote:

intel corporation Wireless 8260 [8086:24f3]

I think you need a backported kernel as well as the backported firmware to run that device.

My usb stick does not contain a Fat-formatted GNU/Linux parition

I may be wrong about the GNU/Linux partition, just a "normal" USB stick (such as Windows would prepare automatically) will do as long as it is FAT-formatted.

I've never tried to load the firmware in the installer so all I can do is offer another link:

https://unix.stackexchange.com/question … -in-debian

Anyway, you probably need a newer kernel as well so this looks like the best option:

beaker wrote:

Install the os without network and get it working post install.

Or use Debian stretch instead.

#1 2017-11-11 17:54:00

where to get iwlwifi-8000-8.ucode firmware file?

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