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    Belkin F5D8073 & Linux???? (or ANY other express card that works with Linux)

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by radnor, Aug 31, 2007.

  1. radnor

    radnor Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello to all!

    I have a HP DV9420US. Willing to run ANY flavor of Linux but would prefer Ubuntu. I cannot for the life of me get the internal card working. It is a Broadcom BCM4311 (rev02). Went through all of the docs online, no joy :( . Tried fwcutter, it does not have a MD5 check sum for my card, again no joy...

    So, I'm looking into an EXPRESS CARD to put in the lappy. Anybody use this card or some other express card?

    TIA
    Radnor
     
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    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    Consider using ndiswrapper? I've found that it works decently with Broadcom cards, even though it doesn't give you full kernel-native capabilities. It's also a lot cheaper than buying an ExpressCard ;)
     
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    radnor Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for the quick reply!!!

    Yes, I tried ndiswrapper. I tried bcm43xx-fwcutter. Still no joy....

    Ndis gives me an invalid driver. The only drivers from HP that did not make ndis choke was sp33008. Will try this set again, but I dont think it will go.
     
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    radnor Notebook Enthusiast

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    How about a USB card???? I'm willing to go this route too.
     
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    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    with ndiswrapper, you have to use the driver for your card specifically. I couldn't use the generic broadcom drivers with my M6805's broadcom card, I had to use the broadcom inf and driver files from eMachines, and only those, to get it to work.
     
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    Well, I've gone to HP's site and D/L'd the driver from there with no luck using Ndis. I forget what I tried..... I think I tried 32 & 64b Vista, XP.
     
    radnor, Sep 2, 2007
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