It might be worth explaining how to load firmware during a fresh
install, and warn about the dangers of mounting over /mnt. This
functionality was introduced in 4.4.
While getting online for an install is not really necessary, I like to
download my sets from the internet.
Index: faq/faq4.html
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Problems with signatures
Customizing the install process
Multibooting
+Loading firmware
@@ -954,6 +955,28 @@ Writing MBR at offset 0.
To discard all unwritten changes, use exit instead.
+
+Loading firmware
+
+The ramdisk kernel will look for firmware in /mnt/etc/firmware.
+
+
+For example, if you need to use the iwm driver, get the necessary
firmware package from
+http://firmware.openbsd.org/firmware/";>http://firmware.openbsd.org/firmware/,
+extract it and put it on a USB drive in the etc/firmware directory.
+Then, before starting the install script, drop to a shell, mount the drive in
/mnt and reload the interface:
+
+
+ifconfig iwm0 down
+ifconfig iwm0 up
+
+
+And then unmount the drive.
+
+
+Be aware that the installer uses /mnt to copy the
+distribution sets to disk, and thus loading the firmware must be
+performed before it is started.
--
Michal Mazurek
