Laptop Build Checklist

=Build Checklist= Work through every step as well as you can, and then ask your build instructor or a neighbor if you still have questions. Try and learn the reason for each of the steps: this knowledge will come in handy later when, inevitably, things aren't going as smoothly.

Your instructor will be able to answer questions and check your work. Never overlook, though, the help that the builder to your right or left might be able to lend. Your build instructor will check the shelves to figure out what type of boxen we need built. Check with him/her to find out what type of box to build, then work your way down this checklist.

FWCutter Instructions
Open a terminal. code:

oem@freekbox:~$sudo apt-get install bcm43xx-fwcutter

Password: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: bcm43xx-fwcutter 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 16.6kB of archives. After unpacking 102kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/universe bcm43xx-fwcutter 20060108-6build1 [16.6kB] Fetched 16.6kB in 0s (169kB/s) Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously deselected package bcm43xx-fwcutter. (Reading database ... 154295 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking bcm43xx-fwcutter (from .../bcm43xx-fwcutter_20060108-6build1_i386.deb) ... Setting up bcm43xx-fwcutter (20060108-6build1) ...

oem@freekbox:~$

This will install a program that will fetch the required firmware for Broadcom 43xx cards. Now we have to run it. code:

oem@freekbox:~$sudo /usr/share/bcm43xx-fwcutter/install_bcm43xx_firmware.sh

Reboot and test your wifi.