[COLUG] Re:Help with getting a Live CD to work

[Pat Collins]

On Sat, 13 Oct 2007 10:49:34 -0400, David Sherman
<davidhsherman at sbcglobal.net> wrote :

> I am trying to get a Live CD to work on a new Compaq Presario F730US.
> It an AMD Athon 64 Dual Core TK-55. It comes with Nvida graphics and
> Broadcom wireless connection.
> 
> Yes, I do need wireless connection with this laptop.
> 
> Ubuntu 7.04 won't boot and I get error messages that tell me that
> bcm43xx.microcode5.fw is the problem.
> 

I running a older laptop with a broadcom 4318 pcmcia wireless card under
ndiswrapper with no problems.  Using Gentoo, not ubuntu however.



Pat