Dual Boot help

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 6:16 pm

I have Fedora Core 6, I just downloaded it 2 days ago, from here:
http://fedora.redhat.com/Download/

So all I have to do is download
http://svit.epfl.ch/stuff/wl_apsta.o
and install it?

Psychophanta · Post by **Psychophanta** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 6:23 pm

Matt wrote:I have Fedora Core 6, I just downloaded it 2 days ago, from here:
http://fedora.redhat.com/Download/

So all I have to do is download
http://svit.epfl.ch/stuff/wl_apsta.o
and install it?

If the kernel is new, then you should use your BCM43xx normally.
However, with that firmware, the BCM43xx works better than with the native kernel driver.

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 7:08 pm

So it is possible for me to setup my wireless card without downloading or installing anything?
Also I have WEP security enabled and MAC address filtering

Psychophanta · Post by **Psychophanta** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 8:40 pm

Matt wrote:So it is possible for me to setup my wireless card without downloading or installing anything?
Also I have WEP security enabled and MAC address filtering

Of course if your kernel is new enough:

This driver was included into the Linux kernel since 2.6.17-rc2.

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 8:55 pm

According to:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FC6ReleaseSummary

Fedora Core 6 ships with the [WWW] 2.6.18 Linux kernel, and there are no longer separate kernels for multi-processor and single-processor architectures. A single kernel now automatically detects your processor.