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doc: add wpa_supplicant command to connect to wifi

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New thin laptops don't have an ethernet port and so rely on wifi to get
access. With the minimal installer, setup wpa_supplicant can be hard if
it is the first time so here we provide an example.
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@ -45,7 +45,10 @@ for a UEFI installation is by and large the same as a BIOS installation. The dif
using <command>ifconfig</command>.</para>
<para>To manually configure the network on the graphical installer,
first disable network-manager with
<command>systemctl stop network-manager</command>.</para></listitem>
<command>systemctl stop network-manager</command>.</para>
<para>To manually configure the wifi on the minimal installer, run
<command>wpa_supplicant -B -i interface -c &lt;(wpa_passphrase 'SSID' 'key')</command>.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>If you would like to continue the installation from a different
machine you need to activate the SSH daemon via <literal>systemctl start sshd</literal>.