On Mon, 17 Aug 2026, Lars Tunkrans wrote:
hi
several endusers with WIFI Laptops are stuck as they dont have a
wirered connection and cant install firmware to their WIFI
The process to install packages from the DVD release media is missing
from the Handbook
Insert DVD in DVD player, gain root privileges.
#
mkdir /dist
#
mount -t cd9660 /dev/cd0 /dist
#
export REPOS_DIR=/dist/packages/repos
you may need to bootstrap pkg
pkg bootdtrap -y
#
then all PKG commands you do in this session fetches packages from the DVD.
such as:
# pkg install wifi-firmware-rtw88-kmod
Please add this to the handbook at the end of chapter 2.
Well, you should submit this as a docs PR.
I also just checked and it seems the release notes have lost the information
which images contain wifi firmware (for the installer)?
A lot easier if you have another device: download the package (or the firmware
file(s)) to a USB pen drive and then simply copy them over or pkg add the pkg
file
rather than using pkg install.
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