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From: "W.Kenworthy" <billk@iinet.net.au>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] broadcom BCM4309 chipset and 2005.1 install
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 12:02:46 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1127880166.17121.3.camel@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200509272220.55426.jakllsch@kollasch.net>

Ive found that the latest knoppix has ndiswrapper so I have grabbed the
windoze binary and will give that a go tonight - 2005.1 doesnt appear to
have ndiswrapper.  If all else failed I'll carry the thing into the
study and run a cable from the switch until I get everything copied
across :(

BillK


On Tue, 2005-09-27 at 22:20 -0500, Jonathan A. Kollasch wrote:
> On Tuesday 27 September 2005 07:40 am, W.Kenworthy wrote:
> > I am just about to install gentoo on my wifes dell9200 with the broadcom
> > BCM4309 chipset.  However, no wlan0 is created and the chipset is not
> > detected.
> 
> Um, Broadcom + IEEE 802.11 + Free Unix = no support (unless you're running a 
> Linux 2.4 kernel on the MIPS32-el architecture, and then it's a proprietary 
> binary).
> 
> 	Jonathan Kollasch
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  reply	other threads:[~2005-09-28  4:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-09-27 12:40 [gentoo-user] broadcom BCM4309 chipset and 2005.1 install W.Kenworthy
2005-09-27 17:33 ` A. Khattri
2005-09-28  3:20 ` Jonathan A. Kollasch
2005-09-28  4:02   ` W.Kenworthy [this message]
2005-10-04  2:41     ` Steve Brenneis
2005-10-04 13:12       ` William Kenworthy

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