Re: 7.0 install from install70.img no firmware for wifi (iwn-5000)
On Wed, Jan 05, 2022 at 03:11:47PM +0100, Marek Kozlowski wrote: > :-) > > On 1/5/22 11:42, Crystal Kolipe wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 05, 2022 at 09:12:48AM +0100, Marek Kozlowski wrote: > > > After I set up the ESSID and WPA-PSK the following message is displayed: > > > > > > iwn0: could not read firmware iwn-5000 (error 2) > > > > Your NIC requires firmware files which are available from: > > > > http://firmware.openbsd.org/firmware/ > > > > It's probably easiest to complete the install without setting it up, then > > install the firmware and configure the wireless adaptor manually afterwards. > > > > The iwn(4), and fw_update(1) manual pages have more relevant information. > > 1. Is it (missing firmware) intentional or is it a bug to be fixed? Intel wifi firmware cannot be distributed with the official installation media due to licensing conflicts. As a workaround, these firmware images are not distributed by OpenBSD, they are distributed by volunteers. Use the Ethernet interface (em0) during your install. Once you boot up the installed system firmware will be downloaded over Ethernet from one of the volunteer firmware mirrors. Once that has been done, wifi on iwn0 will work.
Re: 7.0 install from install70.img no firmware for wifi (iwn-5000)
On Wed, Jan 05, 2022 at 03:11:47PM +0100, Marek Kozlowski wrote: > 1. Is it (missing firmware) intentional or is it a bug to be fixed? The firmware cannot be distributed with the OpenBSD base system for licensing reasons. > 2. It informs that it cannot find formware - error 2... then it asks for > ESSID and a WPA passphrase for that interface..? I'm not sure if I > understand that idea... > > 3. Is there or isn't there any difference between installation with and > without working network connection? As you are using install70.img, you don't need a working network connection to complete the installation of the base system. All of the files you need are included in install70.img. > 4. Currently I have only Linux installed. I'm wondering what is the easiest > way of updating the install USB flash drive. If you really want to have the wireless NIC working during installation, you could manually download the firmware file from: http://firmware.openbsd.org/firmware/ and copy it to another USB flash drive. You can then exit to a shell in the installer, and mount the second flash drive on /etc/firmware/. However, it would be much easier to complete the installation first, then use fw_update with the -p option to install the firmware from a local copy that you have already downloaded separately.
Re: 7.0 install from install70.img no firmware for wifi (iwn-5000)
:-) On 1/5/22 11:42, Crystal Kolipe wrote: On Wed, Jan 05, 2022 at 09:12:48AM +0100, Marek Kozlowski wrote: After I set up the ESSID and WPA-PSK the following message is displayed: iwn0: could not read firmware iwn-5000 (error 2) Your NIC requires firmware files which are available from: http://firmware.openbsd.org/firmware/ It's probably easiest to complete the install without setting it up, then install the firmware and configure the wireless adaptor manually afterwards. The iwn(4), and fw_update(1) manual pages have more relevant information. 1. Is it (missing firmware) intentional or is it a bug to be fixed? 2. It informs that it cannot find formware - error 2... then it asks for ESSID and a WPA passphrase for that interface..? I'm not sure if I understand that idea... 3. Is there or isn't there any difference between installation with and without working network connection? 4. Currently I have only Linux installed. I'm wondering what is the easiest way of updating the install USB flash drive. Best regards, Marek smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
Re: 7.0 install from install70.img no firmware for wifi (iwn-5000)
On Wed, Jan 05, 2022 at 09:12:48AM +0100, Marek Kozlowski wrote: > After I set up the ESSID and WPA-PSK the following message is displayed: > > iwn0: could not read firmware iwn-5000 (error 2) Your NIC requires firmware files which are available from: http://firmware.openbsd.org/firmware/ It's probably easiest to complete the install without setting it up, then install the firmware and configure the wireless adaptor manually afterwards. The iwn(4), and fw_update(1) manual pages have more relevant information.
7.0 install from install70.img no firmware for wifi (iwn-5000)
:-) I'm trying to install OpenBSD 7.0 from a USB flash drive using install70.img. One of the very first steps is configuring the network connection. I have a quite old ThinkPad X200s with a pupular wifi NIC (according to Linux lspci command): Intel Corporation Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300. After I set up the ESSID and WPA-PSK the following message is displayed: iwn0: could not read firmware iwn-5000 (error 2) and setting up the interface fails. AFAIK a long long time ago around 4.x (the last time I had some experience with OpenBSD) there was such a problem.but it the subsequent releases it's been fixed..? I'd really appreciate some help with solving the problem, thank you, best regards, MArek smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
