Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 16:37:56 -0500 From: "Glen Barber" <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: "Neal Hogan" <nealhogan@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ndis panic HP pavilion ze4400 won't boot Message-ID: <4ad871310901081337h23a2d22fldfee1dbabc9044a2@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <ab7b49bc0901080837q7df5c835i1c8f1a01d200a146@mail.gmail.com> References: <ab7b49bc0901080837q7df5c835i1c8f1a01d200a146@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Neal Hogan <nealhogan@gmail.com> 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
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