Re: adding firmware during installation

2021-11-17 Thread Noth
On 17/11/2021 08:29, Luca Ferrari wrote: On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 3:03 PM Noth wrote: Run the installer as usual, then once that has finished: umount /mnt2 (this is where the install sets are) remove installer usb drive and insert usb drive with the firmware mount /dev/sd1a (or sd1i if usin

Re: adding firmware during installation

2021-11-16 Thread Luca Ferrari
On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 3:03 PM Noth wrote: > > Run the installer as usual, then once that has finished: > > umount /mnt2 (this is where the install sets are) > > remove installer usb drive and insert usb drive with the firmware > > mount /dev/sd1a (or sd1i if using vfat) /mnt2 > > cp /mnt2/iwn-fi

Re: adding firmware during installation

2021-11-16 Thread Mihai Popescu
You didn't say what you used for boot, but I guess it is minirootXX.img. Use installXX.img or installXX.iso - I don't remember what is the difference between them or what is the purpose for each one, I didn't used them in years. Those images contain the sets and you can proceed with full disk insta

Re: adding firmware during installation

2021-11-16 Thread Noth
Run the installer as usual, then once that has finished: umount /mnt2 (this is where the install sets are) remove installer usb drive and insert usb drive with the firmware mount /dev/sd1a (or sd1i if using vfat) /mnt2 cp /mnt2/iwn-firmware-version.tgz /mnt/root chroot /mnt pkg_add /root/iwn

Re: adding firmware during installation

2021-11-16 Thread Kapfhammer, Stefan
d.org > Betreff: Re: adding firmware during installation > > On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 2:30 PM Kapfhammer, Stefan > wrote: > > yes, you need to do stuff manually, because you are going an unusual way. > > the fact is, as far as I understand, that before installing etc

Re: adding firmware during installation

2021-11-16 Thread Kapfhammer, Stefan
Hi, yes, you need to do stuff manually, because you are going an unusual way. -Stefan > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: Luca Ferrari > Gesendet: Dienstag, 16. November 2021 13:18 > An: Kapfhammer, Stefan > Cc: misc@openbsd.org > Betreff: Re: adding firmware d

Re: adding firmware during installation

2021-11-16 Thread Luca Ferrari
On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 2:30 PM Kapfhammer, Stefan wrote: > yes, you need to do stuff manually, because you are going an unusual way. the fact is, as far as I understand, that before installing etc.tgz the system will not have /etc/firmware writable, and at that time I can simply reboot and insta

Re: adding firmware during installation

2021-11-16 Thread Kapfhammer, Stefan
isc@openbsd.org > Betreff: adding firmware during installation > > Hi all, > I'm installing OpenBSD 7.0 on a Lenovo Thinkpad T410, and I need the > firmware iwn-firmware-5.11p1.tgz for the wireless card. > Therefore, I opened a shell from the installer, mounted the USB stick

Re: adding firmware during installation

2021-11-16 Thread Luca Ferrari
On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 12:44 PM Kapfhammer, Stefan wrote: > extract the files of the firmware package before and place them > in [mountpoint-during-installation]/etc/firmware. Sorry, but this is not clear to me: what do you mean with mountpoint? Because I'm installing from rd0a, that is not writ

Re: adding firmware during installation

2021-11-16 Thread Luca Ferrari
On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 12:49 PM Jan Stary wrote: > But you already have the iwn firmware, > so you must have some other connection ... I don't have ethernet connection, or it would be easier! I have downloaded the firmware from another computer, and placed into a second USB stick that I mount du

Re: adding firmware during installation

2021-11-16 Thread Jan Stary
If iwn is your _only_ connection, you need to have the iwn firmware. Can you install with ethernet plugged it? That will download the firmware for you. But you already have the iwn firmware, so you must have some other connection ... On Nov 16 12:34:16, fluca1...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi all, > I'm

adding firmware during installation

2021-11-16 Thread Luca Ferrari
Hi all, I'm installing OpenBSD 7.0 on a Lenovo Thinkpad T410, and I need the firmware iwn-firmware-5.11p1.tgz for the wireless card. Therefore, I opened a shell from the installer, mounted the USB stick I placed the downloaded firmware on, and now I'm stuck: I cannot install it because pkg_add is n