You can run the Live CD and find out if your Broadcom card is supported. I remember in openSUSE on my laptop when it came with Broadcom wireless I had to download the card firmware, but that was it. It shouldn't be that hard in OpenSolaris.
Good luck! On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 19:32, Roland Godfredsen <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I was wondering if I would be able to run openSolaris on my Gateway MX6441 > AMD Turion 64 Mobile Technology, 798MHz, 448MB DDR laptop with a Broadcom > wireless card and ATI graphics. > > I'm not very technical, but I have been using Ubuntu on my laptop for about 6 > months. I would like to put openSolaris on a partition and see if it is for > me. However, If I won't be able to get the wireless to work then I really > need not try. I mainly use my laptop for just web browsing, OpenOffice > applications, and personal e-mail. -- " ' With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably.' Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie as wisdom and warning... The first time any man's freedom is trodden on we’re all damaged." - Jean-Luc Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie, Star Trek: TNG episode "The Drumhead" - Alex Smith (K4RNT) - Murfreesboro/Nashville, Tennessee USA _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
