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| author | Ahmed Abdelhalim <[email protected]> | 2026-02-25 22:23:16 +0100 |
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| committer | Ahmed Abdelhalim <[email protected]> | 2026-02-25 23:14:04 +0100 |
| commit | a50b8040c2a485404ae855b485599fbd89c8a150 (patch) | |
| tree | a08dfaa824ca96f27f9cfbaa68707a1463621c5e /archlinux.md | |
| parent | dc4bc8fd238c9ff2dd533d899c80202a41dfdfeb (diff) | |
Fix the wifi installation of archlinux on MBP
Co-Authored-By: Claude.ai
Diffstat (limited to 'archlinux.md')
| -rw-r--r-- | archlinux.md | 53 |
1 files changed, 52 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/archlinux.md b/archlinux.md index 7c44d72..ceca6d6 100644 --- a/archlinux.md +++ b/archlinux.md @@ -5,8 +5,11 @@ - Unmount disk (on MacOS ex. `diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskX`) - Create bootable image from iso `sudo dd if=/path/to/image.iso of=/dev/diskX bs=4M status=progress` - Boot the `archiso` live image from a bootable USB. -- Connect to wireless network (if not connected via LAN). - Set root password (which will be asked to run the install playbook). + +## Generic Machine + +- Connect to wireless network (if not connected via LAN). - `cp host_vars/archiso.local.example host_vars/archiso.local` - Update the `host_vars/archiso.local` file - Run the playbook on the ansible controller @@ -14,6 +17,54 @@ **Example:** ```bash +hostnamectl set-hostname archiso.local passwd iwctl --passphrase <PASSPHRASE> station wlan0 connect <SSID> +dhcpcd wlan0 +``` + +## MacBookPro 2012 (without WIFI) + +- On another machine, download the matching broadcom-wl package (using `scripts/get-broadcom-wl.sh`) +- Copy broadcom-wl package to a FAT32 USB drive +- Remove conflicting kernel modules (`brcmfmac brcmutil b43 ssb bcma wl`) +- Load the broadcom-wl driver from USB +- Connect to wireless network +- `cp host_vars/mac-archiso.local.example host_vars/mac-archiso.local` +- Update the `host_vars/mac-archiso.local` file +- Run the playbook on the ansible controller + +**Example:** + +```bash +hostnamectl set-hostname mac-archiso.local +passwd + +# Get the running kernel version (used to find the right package and insmod path) +uname -r + +# Identify USB partition +lsblk +# Copy driver to MacBookPro archiso +mkdir /mnt/usb +mount /dev/sdb /mnt/usb +cd /tmp +bsdtar -xf /mnt/usb/broadcom-wl-6.30.223.271-<REV>-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst + +# Fix loading the driver +rmmod brcmfmac brcmutil b43 ssb bcma wl +# should be empty +lsmod | grep -E 'brcmfmac|brcmutil|b43|ssb|bcma|wl' +# Insert module +insmod usr/lib/modules/<KERNEL>/extramodules/wl.ko.zst +# bcma auto-reloads, remove it again +rmmod bcma + +# should show wlan0 +rfkill unblock all +ip link + +# Connect to network +iwctl --passphrase <PASSPHRASE> station wlan0 connect <SSID> +dhcpcd wlan0 ``` |