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instaling gutsy on amd64

Asked by skatehoc19

I have tried to load 32 and 64 feisty and gutsy on a new HP dv6500 AMD64 turion 1.9 nvidia mcp67m and only get to problem failed to load broadcom wifi bcm4311_microcode5.fw and then keeps trying to find bcm43xx.
could somebody please give me a hint on how to get past this problem.

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Best Bjørn Sandåker (prognatus) said : 		#1

Does your PC have a Broadcom 4311 wireless adapter, or is Gutsy wrong about that?

Here's how you can find out. In a terminal window, enter:

$ lspci -v | less

Assuming you have a BC4311, you may also try Ndiswrapper around the Windows driver:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Device/Broadcom_BCM4311_rev_01_%28ndiswrapper%29?highlight=%28WifiDocs%2FDevice%29

About Gutsy: Please note this is not finished software and may contain bugs (including the problem you're experiencing here). You should also install the 32-bit version, if you don't have any specific needs for the 64-bit version.

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Jayotis Diggory (jayotis-d) said : 		#2

You can turn off your wireless card in the BIOS i think... sad work around but it should boot. I tried to find some details from HP but they are being secret about that wireless card, could be for security reasons.

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skatehoc19 (skatehoc19-optusnet) said : 		#3

Hi all sorry been away I solved the wireless problem. I reloaded with the 32 bit ver feisty and found that the card was actually a Dell using broadcom chip. 1350 mini wlan.
i am having problems finding drivers for Nvidia mcp674 card I've tried all the latest nv drivers but no luck so far.

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skatehoc19 (skatehoc19-optusnet) said : 		#4

Thanks Bjorn T. Jonsson, that solved my question.