(In reply to comment #9) > i copied over the HAWAII drivers from here -> > http://people.freedesktop.org/~agd5f/radeon_ucode/ > > so when i run: > update-initramfs -k all -u > > it no longer complains about the HAWAII firmware not installed. > was this the proper way to do this? Yes. You can ignore the hawaii errors though since you aren't using a hawaii board.