[fedora-arm] Installing additional packages before boot

[Alessio Ciregia]

Is there a way to add packages (dumb question, I know: install RPMs inside
the SD card) from my PC and before inserting the SD card in the Raspberry?
Something like a cross platform rpm installation. Maybe not.

My question arises from this fact: I'm unable to use the ethernet
interface. I have only a wifi connection. So while I'm able to copy the
related file into /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac43430-sdio.txt during the SD
card setup, I am still unable to use the wifi once booted the raspberry up,
due to the lack of networkmanager wifi plugin and wpasupplicant.

Do you have some hints? This is not so critical, it is just a curiosity.
Somehow I can retrieve an ethernet connection to install the required
packages.

Ciao
A.

[Alessio Ciregia]

What disk image are you using? I believe all the images, definitely the
minimal, as I use it regularly, have the required plugins and you can use
the client to configure it.
https://nullr0ute.com/2016/09/connect-to-a-wireless-network-
using-command-line-nmcli/

Thanks for your reply.
So, maybe it is the Fedora-Server-armhfp-26 image that doesn't
include NetworkManager-wifi plugin, that lead me to "Error: No Wi-Fi device
found." issuing the "nmcli device wifi rescan" command.
In fact:

[***@localhost ~]# rpm -qa |grep Network
NetworkManager-1.8.0-0.2.rc2.fc26.armv7hl
NetworkManager-team-1.8.0-0.2.rc2.fc26.armv7hl
NetworkManager-libnm-1.8.0-0.2.rc2.fc26.armv7hl

Even if

[***@localhost ~]# iwconfig
...
wlan0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:on


I will try minimal image.
Anyway my question is still valid. Is it a simple task to add packages
before inserting the SD card in the raspberry? Or it requires a lot of work
and skills I don't have?

Thanks
A.

[Alessio Ciregia]

What disk image are you using? I believe all the images, definitely the
minimal, as I use it regularly, have the required plugins and you can use
the client to configure it.

In the minimal image there is the NetworkManager-wifi plugin, so I was able
to configure wifi.
Thank you very much.

Ciao,
A.

[Peter Robinson]

Post by Alessio Ciregia

What disk image are you using? I believe all the images, definitely the
minimal, as I use it regularly, have the required plugins and you can use
the client to configure it.

In the minimal image there is the NetworkManager-wifi plugin, so I was able
to configure wifi.

Just to follow up on this, the Server image should also have wifi for
F-26 Final
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