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@@ -37,6 +37,14 @@ at the hardware needed to load installer components (e.g. your CD-ROM or
network card). As not all drivers may be available during this first run,
hardware detection needs to be repeated later in the process.
+</para><para arch="not-s390">
+
+During hardware detection &d-i; checks if any of the drivers for the hardware
+devices in your system requires firmware to be loaded. If any firmware is
+requested but unavailable, a dialog will be displayed that allows to load the
+missing firmware from a removable medium.
+See <xref linkend="loading-firmware"/> for further details.
+
</para>
&module-lowmem.xml;