Perhaps I am doing something wrong. Or maybe there is a bug.
I have done quite a few installs in the last couple of weeks,
and on first boot, /etc/rc.firsttime doesn't work. It seems
that DNS isn't working yet, and perhaps /etc/rc.firsttime
runs too early in the process.
/etc/rc.firsttime DOES run correctly later, after DNS
resolving is working.
MORE INFO
fw_update doesn't work when /etc/rc.firsttime runs, but it
DOES work later.
I have added a bunch of stuff in my install scripts to
/etc/rc.firsttime. Specifically, I try to download and
install sys.tar.gz, src.tar.gz, xenocara.tar.gz, and ports.tar.gz.
None of them work when /etc/rc.firsttime runs on the first boot,
but they all work later.
The failures are all due to DNS resolving not working yet.
I must be doing something wrong. Because I would be shocked
if nobody else ever noticed this problem. I first noticed
that the wireless devices on the PcEngines apu.1d4 didn't work
with OpenBSD starting in about 2016. Only this week did I
figure out that it was because fw_update wasn't working.
So, is there a bug (not likely), or what am I doing wrong?
Thanks,
Ken
PS I didn't put fw_update in /etc/rc.firsttime.
It was already there.
PPS This week, I saw the problem with a Soekris Net5501,
and also a PcEngines apu.1d4
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