Try this : add wget package using pkg_add -vi wget wget http://firmware.openbsd.org/firmware/5.0/pgt-firmware-1.2p2.tgz Then extract this in /etc/firmware. Halt your machine, Remove your network card, and now plug the new card, boot
Hope that it will help. Wesley. On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:02:28 +1030, David Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Wesley. > > I forgot about that. > I was going from man pgt which says: > FILES > > A prepackaged version of the firmware, designed to be used with > pkg_add(1), can be found at: > > http://firmware.openbsd.org/firmware/pgt-firmware-1.2.tgz > > The problem I have is that fw_update doesn't accept arguments and I > need the adjacent pcmcia slot for the ethernet card and they are both > bulky cards. > I need to remove the conexant card to insert the ethernet card to > access the network and then fw_update reports there are no devices to > update - the conexant card is no longer attached. > :] > > If you can think of a way to run this locally it'd be great. > > On 26/02/2012, Wesley M. <[email protected]> wrote: >> try fw_update (provided in OpenBSD 5.0) >> >> Wesley. >> >> On Sun, 26 Feb 2012 17:51:03 +1030, David Walker >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi. >>> >>> I'm trying to do: >>> pkg_add http://firmware.openbsd.olg/firmware/pgt-firmware-1.2.tgz >>> >>> I get this: >>> parsing pgt-firmware-1.2.tgz >>> Bad pkg_db: No such file or directory at >>> /usr/libdata/perl5/OpenBSD/PackageInfo. >>> pm line 63. >>> >>> Do I need to add perl manually? >>> >>> Best wishes.
