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?

Yes, Peter, The installation process runs normally. At its end it
asks me to reboot. I do so and the GRUB menu comes up. I select
the drive to boot. Messages flash by about loading kernal, init
ram and not loading needed firmware

The boot process then hangs with a message about missing wireless
firmware, whether I installed wirelessly or vua 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?

Yes, routine installations with reliable netist or means of
Devuan Live on commercial keg all proceed nornmally. The reboot
takes me to the GRUB menu. I pick the drive to boot. The kernal
and init ram load are loaded but then the process hangs witn the
message it can't find the unneeded firmware,

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     Haines Brown