Roger Yeung wrote: > Hi, > > I have a laptop that I want to try installing OpenSolaris on it. Running > the Hardware Detection Tool shows neither my WiFi nor my ethernet is > supported. I installed OpenSolaris as dual boot and confirmed they are > not working. However, I find that there is a network driver available > for my ethernet. My problem is: in order to download the network driver, > I need a network connection which is not available in Solaris. I can > boot to Vista and download the driver first and then mount the NTFS. > However, as I understand, in order to mount an NTFS, I need to > *download* a util (http://mount-ntfs.sourceforge.net/). > > Does this mean I'm out of luck besides buying a network hardware that > supports? Any other suggestions are greatly appreciated. > > My network devices: Ethernet: Boardcom BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX WiFi: > Boardcom BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI
have you considered putting the driver on a USB stick under Vista and then mounting that same stick under OpenSolaris? (Open)Solaris knows how to handle those just nicely (if you have HW that can handle Vista, I assume it has USB :-) HTH Michael -- Michael Schuster http://blogs.sun.com/recursion Recursion, n.: see 'Recursion' _______________________________________________ networking-discuss mailing list [email protected]
