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MIJ-VI
October 12th, 2010, 02:10 PM
After downloading and md5sum-ing the official release of Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) PC (Intel x86) install/live DVD (http://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu-iso/DVDs/ubuntu/10.10/release/) (and testing the 4x speed burnt DVD) I tried two different installation methods in order to set up a dual-boot on my notebook:

- One while my non-GNU/Linux-supported Broadcom BCM4312 (it requires a restricted driver)-equipped Acer Aspire 5517-1536 was connected to the Internet via a Windows, Mac, and GNU/Linux-friendly Wi-Fire (http://www.hfield.com/the-wi-fire/platform-compatibility/). This worked flawlessly.

- And an install without Internet access (which also worked flawlessly) with the aim of installing the Broadcom's restricted driver from the DVD via Synaptic Package Manager after the OS install. This part didn't work. Every time I tried to adding the DVD in S.P.M. (Edit-->Add CD-ROM...) an error would be displayed: "E: Failed to mount the cdrom".

Hopefully the above method, when performed with an Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) PC (Intel x86) desktop CD (http://ubuntu.media.mit.edu/ubuntu-releases/maverick/), will work for those whose notebooks are afflicted with Broadcom Wi-Fi cards.


john@5517:~$ sudo lshw
[sudo] password for john:
5517
description: Notebook
product: Aspire 5517
vendor: Acer
version: V1.09
serial: LXPGZ020320034805B1601
width: 32 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.6 dmi-2.6
configuration: boot=normal chassis=notebook uuid=66626132-3538-3735-6466-705AB62286B6
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: Aspire 5517
vendor: Acer
physical id: 0
version: V1.09
serial: LXPGZ020320034805B1601
slot: Base Board Chassis Location
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: Acer
physical id: 0
version: V1.09 (11/30/2009)
size: 1MiB
capabilities: pci upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppynec int13floppytoshiba int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int9keyboard int10video acpi usb
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: AMD Athlon(tm) Processor TF-20
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 20
bus info: cpu@0
version: 15.12.2
serial: NotSupport
slot: Socket S1G1
size: 800MHz
capacity: 1600MHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 200MHz
capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp x86-64 3dnowext 3dnow up extd_apicid pni cx16 lahf_lm svm extapic cr8_legacy 3dnowprefetch lbrv cpufreq
*-cache:0 DISABLED
description: L1 cache
physical id: 21
slot: L1 Cache
size: 128KiB
capacity: 128KiB
capabilities: pipeline-burst internal write-through unified
*-cache:1
description: L1 cache
physical id: 22
slot: L2 Cache
size: 512KiB
capacity: 512KiB
capabilities: pipeline-burst internal write-back unified
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: 24
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 2GiB
capacity: 2GiB
*-bank:0
description: DIMM DDR2 Synchronous 333 MHz (3.0 ns)
product: HYMP112S64CP6-S6
vendor: Unknown
physical id: 0
serial: AD000000000000000109534F82712C
slot: DIMM0
size: 1GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 333MHz (3.0ns)
*-bank:1
description: DIMM DDR2 Synchronous 333 MHz (3.0 ns)
product: HYMP112S64CP6-S6
vendor: Unknown
physical id: 1
serial: AD000000000000000109534F62712D
slot: DIMM1
size: 1GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 333MHz (3.0ns)
*-bank:2
description: DIMM DDR2 [empty]
physical id: 2
slot: DIMM2
*-bank:3
description: DIMM DDR2 [empty]
physical id: 3
slot: DIMM3
*-pci:0
description: Host bridge
product: RS780 Host Bridge
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (int gfx)
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pci ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list
resources: ioport:7000(size=4096) memory:92100000-922fffff ioport:80000000(size=268435456)
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: RS780M/RS780MN [Radeon HD 3200 Graphics]
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 5
bus info: pci@0000:01:05.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=fglrx_pci latency=0
resources: irq:18 memory:80000000-8fffffff ioport:7000(size=256) memory:92200000-9220ffff memory:92100000-921fffff
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0)
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 4
bus info: pci@0000:00:04.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:40 ioport:3000(size=16384) memory:91100000-920fffff ioport:90000000(size=16777216)
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: eth1
version: 01
serial: c4:17:fe:67:f3:d9
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=wl0 driverversion=5.60.48.36 ip=192.168.0.180 latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
resources: irq:16 memory:91100000-91103fff
*-pci:2
description: PCI bridge
product: RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1)
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 5
bus info: pci@0000:00:05.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:41 ioport:2000(size=4096) memory:91000000-910fffff
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: AR8132 Fast Ethernet
vendor: Atheros Communications
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:08:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: c0
serial: 70:5a:b6:22:86:b6
capacity: 100MB/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=atl1c driverversion=1.0.0.2-NAPI firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
resources: irq:43 memory:91000000-9103ffff ioport:2000(size=128)
*-storage
description: SATA controller
product: SB700/SB800 SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 11
bus info: pci@0000:00:11.0
logical name: scsi0
logical name: scsi2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: storage msi ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list emulated
configuration: driver=ahci latency=64
resources: irq:42 ioport:8038(size=8) ioport:804c(size=4) ioport:8030(size=8) ioport:8048(size=4) ioport:8010(size=16) memory:92306000-923063ff
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: WDC WD2500BEVT-2
vendor: Western Digital
physical id: 0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: 01.0
serial: WD-WXA0AB9W4750
size: 232GiB (250GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=a4bb357c
*-volume:0
description: EXT4 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sda1
logical name: /
version: 1.0
serial: 0b17d3bb-e9d2-4dfd-b5ce-b6b45f168681
size: 131GiB
capacity: 131GiB
capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover extents ext4 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2010-10-11 01:15:53 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/��E�U��xE������������l!�xE�����p��p���U�� �4���yo!��d modified=2010-10-11 01:56:36 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,barrier=1,data=ordered mounted=2010-10-12 07:59:26 state=mounted
*-volume:1
description: Extended partition
physical id: 4
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,4
logical name: /dev/sda4
size: 101GiB
capacity: 101GiB
capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended
*-logicalvolume:0
description: Linux filesystem partition
physical id: 5
logical name: /dev/sda5
capacity: 97GiB
*-logicalvolume:1
description: Linux swap / Solaris partition
physical id: 6
logical name: /dev/sda6
capacity: 4259MiB
capabilities: nofs
*-cdrom
description: DVD-RAM writer
product: DVD RW AD-7700S
vendor: Optiarc
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/cdrw
logical name: /dev/dvd
logical name: /dev/dvdrw
logical name: /dev/scd0
logical name: /dev/sr0
logical name: /media/Ubuntu 10.10 i386
version: 1.B0
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
configuration: ansiversion=5 mount.fstype=iso9660 mount.options=ro,nosuid,nodev,relatime,uid=1000,gi d=1000,iocharset=utf8,mode=0400,dmode=0500 state=mounted status=ready
*-medium
physical id: 0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /media/Ubuntu 10.10 i386
configuration: mount.fstype=iso9660 mount.options=ro,nosuid,nodev,relatime,uid=1000,gi d=1000,iocharset=utf8,mode=0400,dmode=0500 state=mounted
*-usb:0
description: USB Controller
product: SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 12
bus info: pci@0000:00:12.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ohci bus_master
configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=64
resources: irq:16 memory:92305000-92305fff
*-usb:1
description: USB Controller
product: SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 12.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:12.1
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ohci bus_master
configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=64
resources: irq:16 memory:92304000-92304fff
*-usb:2
description: USB Controller
product: SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 12.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:12.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=64
resources: irq:17 memory:92306400-923064ff
*-serial
description: SMBus
product: SBx00 SMBus Controller
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 14
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0
version: 3c
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ht cap_list
configuration: driver=piix4_smbus latency=0
resources: irq:0
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 14.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.2
version: 00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=64
resources: irq:16 memory:92300000-92303fff
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: SB700/SB800 LPC host controller
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 14.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.3
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master
configuration: latency=0
*-pci:3
description: PCI bridge
product: SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 14.4
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.4
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master
resources: ioport:1000(size=4096)
*-pci:1
description: Host bridge
product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 101
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:2
description: Host bridge
product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 102
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.1
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:3
description: Host bridge
product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 103
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:4
description: Host bridge
product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 104
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.3
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=k8temp
resources: irq:0
*-network DISABLED
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: 1
logical name: vboxnet0
serial: 0a:00:27:00:00:00
capabilities: ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes
john@5517:~$