On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 18:08:05 -0900, Ken Irving wrote: >On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 06:17:52PM -0800, Mark Healey wrote: >> On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 18:03:59 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: >> ... >> >> >It all comes down to specific hardware configuration. Every system has >> >some hardware that it won't be prepared to use right out of the box. >> >> The Broadcom 4400 is hardly rare. > >I haven't been following this saga, but googling for Broadcom 4400 seems >to suggest that the support for this chipset might be a very recent thing. >Perhaps you could get another network card for which drivers do exist, >get the system running, and then resume your effort to get the Broadcom >working. > >It is reasonable to expect some difficulties in building a system with >barely supported hardware, however non-rare it might be.
I thought of that but it is a dual boot setup (controled with a physical switch) and I would have to reconfigure the other OS. The broadcom is also on the mobo which means extra hassle. Mark Healey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Giving debian a chance. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
