From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 8 21:37:58 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 519D4106564A for ; Thu, 8 Jan 2009 21:37:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f20.google.com (mail-bw0-f20.google.com [209.85.218.20]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A17BB8FC0C for ; Thu, 8 Jan 2009 21:37:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: by bwz13 with SMTP id 13so1584999bwz.19 for ; Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:37:56 -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:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=2jUwtH+EdU4mlbTWFBJH7WS/2Vw36M6nl9nHycslnpg=; b=SMSJRUPSA0tbu1bu2G8Qs++mqz9xL5Bbz23kKB/pUxYl1+8rXGZlVWP+GfGLxr8Rz+ ewsB6sbZ4nVWojsNIlta3l6Nnghq1jqkypOvWU4OP3Pn0hgPxZjIiZsbWnR6lY7G5wCI cAxFUI+ONG/R+eRQDfO+qA8C6kDcB5AuXL5UY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=erUvuLzJ6TWmfkxUNYfDetxvKhBtD2vQnIKpCZm5GUIgXyTh2dkOyTZx5oUN9pPj2E 9EXLgbj0DqRkXrTMABa5waVXUm4ik/bITsXoIYWa/l5FMrCf1DJRtSOCT0bIYaFKqVy5 vRDpnH5lWisBjVgMRflKshLMYZe8g0Cah244o= Received: by 10.223.113.132 with SMTP id a4mr17982901faq.75.1231450676418; Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:37:56 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.109.80 with HTTP; Thu, 8 Jan 2009 13:37:56 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4ad871310901081337h23a2d22fldfee1dbabc9044a2@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 16:37:56 -0500 From: "Glen Barber" To: "Neal Hogan" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 21:37:58 -0000 On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Neal Hogan wrote: > 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. > I discovered a wierd hack to resolve this. Remove the line(s) from loader.conf, and create an /etc/rc.local file containing the following: /sbin/kldload /boot/modules/bcmwl5_sys.ko That should survive a reboot. -- Glen Barber "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin