--- In [email protected], "Harold Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "Gary" <xheralt@> 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
> 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.
>
This was a "worst-case" situation with one of the infamous Broadcom
wifi cards. I was frankly GLAD I had the resources of the XP install
to draw upon when needed. Yes, it involved typing about five or so
lines of arcane command-line incantations, but I have had zero
difficulties with my wifi under MEPIS 7.0. As opposed to Fedora 7,
whose frequent kernel updates broke the ndiswrapper install about
every other month. I was trying to ENCOURAGE you, dammit!
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