Troubles installing PKG without network.

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medstyx

Hello all!

I am a relatively new FreeBSD user (only installed 5-6 times), and I'm really struggling to figure out how to install PKG without an active connection. My WiFi won't be working for a while as far as I know (802.11ac) and I need the realtek-re-kmod package for my ethernet to work. I'm aware that I need to manually bootstrap PKG and found the instructions near the end of this wiki page: https://wiki.freebsd.org/PkgPrimer.

However, checking in these places:
or other mirrors, there is no pkg.txz file, so I'm unsure on what to do here.

Any help would be appreciated!
 
medstyx said:
My WiFi won't be working for a while as far as I know (802.11ac)
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Which device? PCI ( pciconf -lv | grep -B 4 network ) or USB ( usbconfig -d <ugen* unit.addr e.g. 0.2> dump_device_desc | grep 'id[Vendor|Product]' )?

medstyx said:
I need the realtek-re-kmod package for my ethernet to work.
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If a mobile smartphone (with a data plan) is available, use the USB tethering function to get internet access. When the USB cable is connected to the FreeBSD machine, a ue0 network interface is created., run dhclient ue0, install the realtek-re-kmod package. pkg will be bootstrapped automatically, after user confirmation, first.

Regarding
medstyx said:
found the instructions near the end of this wiki page: https://wiki.freebsd.org/PkgPrimer.

However, checking in these places:

or other mirrors, there is no pkg.txz
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That wiki page is outdated. Packages have now the .pkg suffix.

Download https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/quarterly/Latest/pkg.pkg
and

If the 1100 give you trouble, try https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/quarterly/All/realtek-re-kmod198-198.00.1403000.pkg
 
T-Daemon said:
If a mobile smartphone (with a data plan) is available
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IIRC, it was also working with the WiFi.

This thread may help:
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Solved Thread 'realtek-re-kmod not included; no network'

I am encountering issues installing FreeBSD 14.3 on bare metal due to the lack of preinstalled drivers for Realtek Ethernet port drivers. The issue is incredibly frustrating to deal with because the system is in a barely usable state.

Steps to reproduce:
  • Motherboard with Realtek RTL8125 Ethernet
  • FreeBSD 14.3 DVD flash drive for offline installation
  • System without network connectivity
I tried to solve the problem by fetching the driver package using a different device and copying it to the FreeBSD system using a drive. I quickly realized how the ".pkg" file would be...
 
Phishfry said:
You can download if you know the package name.
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Code: 
$ fetch http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/kmods_latest_3/packagesite.pkg
$ tar xzf packagesite.pkg packagesite.yaml
$ grep realtek-re-kmod packagesite.yaml | sed -e 's/.*All\///' -e 's/".*//'
realtek-re-kmod198-198.00.1403000.pkg
realtek-re-kmod-1100.00.1403000_1.pkg
$ fetch http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/kmods_latest_3/All/realtek-re-kmod198-198.00.1403000.pkg
$ fetch http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/kmods_latest_3/All/realtek-re-kmod-1100.00.1403000_1.pkg
 
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