On Mon, Feb 16, 2026 at 09:45:07PM -0600, The Canadian Hermit wrote:
> Hello Haines,
>
> It appears you have confused a bunch of the people in the DNG list
> quite a bit!

I apologize.
>
> I am also somewhat confused, but I realized without you having to
> specify it that you have two systems: one working and one having this
> problem.

Correct. The working system has two SCSI drives; the non working two
SDD drives.

> It does seem really strange that the boot seems to freeze after failing
> to load iwlwifi firmware. The failure to load that firmware shouldn't
> cause failure to boot.

Understood

> How long did you leave it in that state before you shut down or
> rebooted again?

It a permanent until do three finger salute and sometimes even kill
power.

Can you recommend an inexpensive video card that does not need a
propritary driver>

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     Haines Brown