On Tue, 4 Nov 2025, peter wrote:
Hi,
thank you for debugging this and looking more into it!
During the install, I successfully connect to wifi and download pkgbase.
After booting into the freshly installed system, no wifi or any firmware was
installed. This is on an HP ZBook laptop.
Tested with BETA{1,3,4}. Same results.
I delete the install and try again:
At the end of the install, I select 'shell' into the new system, and run
'fwget':
# fwget
pciconf: /dev/pci: No such file or directory
No firmware packages to install.
#
That is also the exact message the installer gives me during the firmware
step: 'No firmware packages to install.'
same error in bsdinstall_log:
DEBUG: f_include: file=[/usr/share/bsdconfig/strings.subr]
DEBUG: f_include_lang: file=[/usr/libexec/bsdconfig/include/messages.subr]
lang=[C.UTF-8]
DEBUG: packages/packages.subr: Successfully loaded.
pciconf: /dev/pci: No such file or directory
DEBUG: f_dialog_max_size: bsddialog --print-maxsize = [MaxSize: 67, 240]
DEBUG: f_getvar: var=[height] value=[8] r=0
DEBUG: f_getvar: var=[width] value=[41] r=0
So I try alt+F4, and run fwget there:
# fwget
Needed firmware packages: 'gpu-firmware-intel-kmod-tigerlake
wifi-firmware-iwlwifi-kmod-22000'
pkg: Error extracting the archive: 'Write error'
pkg: No signature found
pkg: Repository FreeBSD-ports cannot be opened. 'pkg update' required
pkg: Fail to create temporary directory:
/usr/local/share/licenses/.pkgtemp.gpu-firmware-intel-kmod-tigerlake-20230625.1500068.i683tDzxwROk:Read-only
file system
pkg: Fail to create temporary file for
/usr/local/share/licenses/gpu-firmware-intel-kmod-tigerlake-20230625.1500068/catalog.mk:No
such file or director
Using the memstick for install, so I can mount that memstick and copy the
iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-77.ucode to the fresh system: /mnt/boot/firmware/. Then
I have wifi, and 'fwget' works when I boot into the fresh system.
Is this expected behavior to manually copy firmware for wifi from the
memstick, or I need to have ethernet to run 'fwget' ?
I'm guessing fwget never works during install because of: "pciconf: /dev/pci:
No such file or directory" error message, right?
sorry only seeing this now; that means devfs is no longer mounted in the
chroot.
That means there was an installer change; this needs to be fixed; a PR with a
link to your email in th archives or something is still in order.
/bz
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Bjoern A. Zeeb r15:7
