Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 15:59:06 -0600 From: "Neal Hogan" <nealhogan@gmail.com> To: "Glen Barber" <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ndis panic HP pavilion ze4400 won't boot Message-ID: <ab7b49bc0901081359u63628a78l6b014102e50e9d9e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4ad871310901081337h23a2d22fldfee1dbabc9044a2@mail.gmail.com> References: <ab7b49bc0901080837q7df5c835i1c8f1a01d200a146@mail.gmail.com> <4ad871310901081337h23a2d22fldfee1dbabc9044a2@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > Glen, I tried your suggestion (which I appreciate) and it did survive rebooting. However, bcmwl5_sys.ko was not loaded because there was no ndis interface. So, I change the rc.local to /sbin/kldload /boot/kernel/bcmwl5_sys.ko Upon reboot, the system panicked when it loaded the rc.local file. I don't know . . . -- www.nealhogan.net
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