--- In [email protected], "Gary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My laptop (Compaq Presario V2000) had the drivers in c:\Program
> Files\Broadcom\* The key is, if you're not going to preserve the
> Windows installation, *find* those directories/files and copy them off
> to a USB key for later reference. That way, you don't have to guess
> with generic *.ini files downloaded from wherever, you will have *.ini
> tailored precisely for your machine.
>
> What I was able to do, with my XP install intact (in hda1) and mounted
> to "/media/win_xp" under Linux, was to reach into the XP partition on
> the command line for "ndiswrapper -i" command.
>
> Don't forget to blacklist any competing drivers, and "modprobe -r"
> them, using either "su -c" or "sudo" as appropriate.
>
Thanks, Gary. What you just said makes me not even want to ever get a
laptop.;) I am familiar with "ini" files in windows but it seems like
what you said would be a lot of trouble. May just keep letting the
wife whine.
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