On Mon, Feb 16, 2026 at 02:56:09PM -0700, Peter via Dng wrote:

> From:    Haines Brown via Dng <dng@???>
> Date:    Mon, 16 Feb 2026 17:14:32 -0500

> So far two netinst ISOs on keys and a commerical DevuanLive key.
> Yes, the former two were verified.

And an installation process ran; correct?

> No one has answered my question: why do I need to have
> regulataory.db and iwlwifi firmware installed in order to boot
> when on Ethernet?

> Shouldn't need those. If the system was installed it should
> boot with or without network. Worst case is a timed wait of
> several seconds.
>
> As Ralf said, you should have seen the installation conclude properly.
> Grub installation was the last part? Appeared OK?

The boot seems to start properly. I get the GRUB menu I expect.
It flashing seems to be a load of the kernel and initram. The the
boot process halts when it cannot find the regulatory.db and
iwlwiwi firmware though I'm connected to Internet with Ethernet.

It was suggested the video card, which needs a proprietary is the
cause of the problem. So I will turn to a quite inexpensive card
that relies on a open driver such as nouveau.

Can you recommend such a cheap card>


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     Haines Brown