From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 19 01:40:49 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F03316A412 for ; Tue, 19 Dec 2006 01:40:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail2.fluidhosting.com (mx21.fluidhosting.com [204.14.89.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A25BF43C9F for ; Tue, 19 Dec 2006 01:37:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 23061 invoked by uid 399); 19 Dec 2006 01:11:08 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO ?192.168.0.5?) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 19 Dec 2006 01:11:08 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 127.0.0.1 Message-ID: <45873C0C.8040600@FreeBSD.org> Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:10:36 -0800 From: Doug Barton Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (Windows/20061025) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Scott Bennett References: <200612190002.kBJ02PYB017169@mp.cs.niu.edu> In-Reply-To: <200612190002.kBJ02PYB017169@mp.cs.niu.edu> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.1.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org, ran@styx.aic.net Subject: Re: another step toward a working driver for Dell 1450 wireless card X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 01:40:49 -0000 Scott Bennett wrote: > Meanwhile, is there any way to pry the BCMWL5.SYS and bcmwl5.inf files > out of the R112196.EXE binary without running it under Windows XP They are self-extracting zip archives, so using unzip will get you the files. > I want so desperately to stop using Windows XP, the worst operating system > bar none that I've ever encountered in my 40 years of computing. But I > can't do it until I get wireless access working under FreeBSD. I can certainly understand the desire to use your built in wireless card, but the options of buying an internal card that is supported and buying a pcmcia card that is supported are also available to you. hth, Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection