[K12OSN] Re: HAS ANYWONE GOTTEN EDU 6.06 TO RUN ON HP PAV DV2000? (Peter Hawxhurst) (Matt Oquist)

[Matt Oquist]

I rather badly misread the original question; sorry. I read it too
fast and responded too quickly, missing the point entirely (as I see
now).

The stuff I said is still worth knowing about and I'm gld it's been
posted to this list, but it really has nothing to do with getting
a broadcom WIRELESS card working.

I've never even worked with a broadcom wireless card, so I can't give
any advice about that. :\

Good luck, though.

--matt

> > From: "Peter Hawxhurst" <phawxhurst at hotmail.com>
> > Subject: [K12OSN] HAS ANYWONE GOTTEN EDU 6.06 TO RUN ON HP PAV DV2000?
> > i have installed both the i386 and amd64 versions of edu on my hp pavilion 
> > dv2000 but it fails to identify the broadcom wireless card??
> > any ideas? thanks. peace
> 
> Yes. The broadcom driver isn't included on the installation disk. You
> can copy it in from any other Ubuntu system and load it during
> install, or you should have it once you reboot.
> 
> If you don't have it even after you reboot, I would recommend copying
> it in, insmodding it, and then installing linux-image-generic right
> away, which is what you should do anyway...details below.
> 
> *****************************************
> NOTE TO EVERY EDUBUNTU ADMIN: Immediately after you install Edubuntu
> and reboot, install the 'linux-image-generic' package, make sure it
> will boot by default (edit /boot/grub/menu.lst), and then reboot
> again.  linux-image-generic will give you SMP support. You will not
> have SMP support until you install another kernel than the default,
> and linux-image-generic is the recommended kernel.
> *****************************************
> 
> Details: copy /lib/modules/2.6.17-10-386/kernel/drivers/net/bnx2.ko
> off of another Ubuntu system (install linux-image-2.6.17-10-386 if
> necessary to get it) onto a thumb drive, then stick that thumb drive
> into your Edubuntu server. If you're currently installing, ALT+F1
> (maybe ALT+F2) will give you a terminal, where you can do something
> like this:
> 
> $ cat /proc/partitions
>   "Hmm... /dev/sdb looks like my USB stick. I'll use that."
>   ...this could be /dev/sda, /dev/sda1, /dev/sdb1, etc.
> $ mkdir /mnt/tmp
> $ mount /dev/sdb /mnt/tmp
> $ cp /mnt/bnx2.ko /lib/modules/2.6.17-10-386/kernel/drivers/net/
> $ umount /mnt/tmp
> $ insmod /lib/modules/2.6.17-10-386/kernel/drivers/net/bnx2.ko
> 
> --matt
> 
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