Issues installing freeBSD

ImNotScot · Friday at 9:36 PM

Every time I try to install it this text pops up. I’ve tried googling it but found nothing. Even over multiple different install files like the dvd or memstick. It starts to happen after a few minutes mostly when I’m at the internet part

ImNotScot · 2026-02-07T00:14:32+0000

I think it happens only after trying to connect to wifi

Emrion · 2026-02-07T07:04:14+0000

ImNotScot said:
I think it happens only after trying to connect to wifi

It's a wifi driver which is complaining. Is the network functioning?
If not, please give the exact chipset name or the exact laptop model.

If you can complete the installation anyway, there is some firmware modules available as port: net/wifi-firmware-rtw88-kmod. Don't know if it can be of some help.

ImNotScot · 2026-02-07T12:38:48+0000

Emrion said:
It's a wifi driver which is complaining. Is the network functioning?
If not, please give the exact chipset name or the exact laptop model.

If you can complete the installation anyway, there is some firmware modules available as port: net/wifi-firmware-rtw88-kmod. Don't know if it can be of some help.

My laptop is the hp model 14-dpOO8Onr and I can’t complete the installation. I once was able to but the wifi wasn’t working even though I had connected it if that helps.

Emrion · 2026-02-08T20:35:33+0000

Read this: https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/rtl8821ce-driver-for-freebsd-14.91960/

cracauer@ · 2026-02-08T21:18:23+0000

You should connect via an Ethernet cable (using a USB adapter if necessary) and update the realtek wifi driver from there.

MG · 2026-02-08T21:22:28+0000

Looks like just late kernel messages. It's kind of silly FreeBSD sends it to teminal 0 where also the setup dialog program outputs to. So confusing and so not necessary... What about putting this on line 23, 24 and 25 on a 80x25 console?

POSIX.1 · 2026-02-08T22:47:41+0000

Such kernel messages during the installation are annoying because they overwrite the dialog of the bsdinstaller. For the less skilled it looks like the installation failed. A bug report should be filed for bsdinstaller.

You can stop this disturbing output with conscontrol mute on in the shell preferably before starting the bsdinstaller. It is silencing the output to ttyv0.
After completing the installation add this to /boot/loader.conf if necessary.