FreeBSD-15.0-RELEASE Installation. Error fetching firmware files.

Hello everyone,

I was installing FreeBSD-15.0-RELEASE on my laptop and I got the following error during installation:
Error fetching firmware file(s)
wifi-firmware-rtw89-kmod-rtw8852b
gpu-firmware-amd-kmod-yellow-carp

I proceeded with the installation, but I don't seem to have access to wifi (e.g. installing pkg failed).

If it helps, my laptop model number is 21M5001FUS, and I am installing FreeBSD onto the second SSD (I have Ubuntu 24.04 on the first SSD and I'm using it to make this very post).

What should I try to do in this case?

Update: there was a similar post on reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1ppsabe/how_do_i_add_missing_firmware/ so I followed the suggestions to tether my phone to the laptop and installed pkg followed by the two things that I failed to fetch, but I'm not sure how to check that "all is well" now. I suspect that not "all is well" because when I try to install a package, e.g.
pkg install drm-kmod (after untethering my phone) I get an error about SRV records.
 
Update: there was a similar post on reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1ppsabe/how_do_i_add_missing_firmware/ so I followed the suggestions to tether my phone to the laptop and installed pkg followed by the two things that I failed to fetch, but I'm not sure how to check that "all is well" now. I suspect that not "all is well" because when I try to install a package, e.g.
pkg install drm-kmod (after untethering my phone) I get an error about SRV records.
After "untethering" the phone did you configure the wifi device according to handbook chapter 7.4. Wireless Networks ?

I was installing FreeBSD-15.0-RELEASE on my laptop and I got the following error during installation:
Error fetching firmware file(s)
wifi-firmware-rtw89-kmod-rtw8852b
Be advised, the rtw89(4) driver module on 15.0-RELEASE may work unstable ( driver is still in development).

I have a RTL8852AE in my laptop, it produces a kernel panic from time to time on 15.0-RELEASE, but seems to work more stable on 16.0-CURRENT. If testing on CURRENT goes well, driver updates may be included in the upcoming 15.1-RELEASE.

From https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-wireless/:

 
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