Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 10:18:20 +0530 From: Shantanoo Mahajan <shantanoo@gmail.com> To: Terrence Wilson <tjw43@drexel.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: need help using ndis and inconv Message-ID: <587EE1F5-A869-4EE7-8B66-80F1FAB1B7E0@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <8175242.1189208864763.JavaMail.tjw43@drexel.edu> References: <8175242.1189208864763.JavaMail.tjw43@drexel.edu>
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On 08-Sep-07, at 5:17 AM, Terrence Wilson wrote: > I need whatever help I can get to use ndis to converter wireless nic > card so I can use it on my laptop. it seems that I don't have iconv > working properly. I go into the ndisgen program by typing the command: > > # ndisgen > > The program opens and gives a list of options. I choose option 3: > Convert driver. The program then asks me to type in the path to the > .inf file. So I type: > > /cdrom/DRIVER/bcmwl5.inf > > The program then says "This .INF file appears to be in Unicode. The > iconv(1) utility does not appear to be installed. Please install this > utility or convert the .INF file to ASCII and run this utility." > > So, I downloaded the iconv-2.0_3.tbz package and run the command: > > # pkg_add iconv-2.0_3.tbz > > Then I try ndisgen again and I get the above error message again. When > I type in the command > > # pkg_info -L iconv-2.0_3 | less > > I get a list of files including biconv, iconv_mktbl, biconv.h, etc. > But > when I enter the command: > > # iconv > > I get the message: Command not found. Run following command if you have csh/tcsh as your shell: # rehash and then try the iconv command again. regards, shantanoo
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