From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 8 17:07:58 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41B7A10657D2 for ; Thu, 8 Jan 2009 17:07:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nealhogan@gmail.com) Received: from yx-out-2324.google.com (yx-out-2324.google.com [74.125.44.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF2AE8FC18 for ; Thu, 8 Jan 2009 17:07:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nealhogan@gmail.com) Received: by yx-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 8so3813273yxb.13 for ; Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:07:57 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:mime-version:content-type; bh=1aRKaSzbCtra6dQw9PsD8fV2pcGfd78wW2BPQ+JpbyA=; b=HsMYi+gWLFqMwVreMOPPl7bgRI60wKPb9vlZSfM7IMZCH2i+HgzTdreJ4TWFet2DVU h76RlOyBYq1gLE9b31K9LrBK+jr0gctMOxHue4XcVZIoXxr4ubV4g3E84VaAGLLsqZdq TH70aTCxu7artzIbYET9iY2EkdUqz7ZfADDQw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; b=rJT7bZJziBzKny53QRDJbZouLct24jUCGmP1yz3xgINPtIo12AW+aB3xLrmvv5u7zU P+FpI8yRb6MTKajKE7/Hvd2AEpvSzObIHtONbBvhLM/i1KhcSX8cYz5qXOBafkybBjwY 417cVleRvkhCmPvKENjRpPeOnXAml59pizUGI= Received: by 10.150.158.8 with SMTP id g8mr2278538ybe.195.1231432625403; Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:37:05 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.150.182.2 with HTTP; Thu, 8 Jan 2009 08:37:05 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 10:37:05 -0600 From: "Neal Hogan" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: ndis panic HP pavilion ze4400 won't boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:08:06 -0000 I'm father new to fBSD. I hope this is the appropriate list to send this question to. I just installed 7.1-RELEASE on my HP pavilion and attempted to configure my Broadcom wlan card (BCM94309 version 4.10.40.0) using ndisgen. I cp'd the bcmwl5_sys.ko to /boot/kernel and added *bcmwl5_sys_load="YES"* to my /boot/loader.conf. Now the machine will not boot. It crashes when it reaches the ndis0 line. I've tried booting in all the modes but they all fail to boot. I can escape to prompt, but am unsure what, if anything, I can do in that mode to deal with the situation. With other releases (6.4 and 7.0) the machine would panick when I attempted to ifconfig ndis0. However, I was able to boot in single user mode and temporarily move the rc.conf file so that I cound boot in the default mode. With 7.1, I don't appear to have that option. Is there anything I can do, short of a fresh install, to eliminate this problem? I'm not too worried about getting the wifi up (although, I won't turn down any advice). I just want the machine to boot. Thanks. -- www.nealhogan.net