643 legacy-phy0 Broadcom 4301 WLAN Found

[itsmeagainS]

I have been running Daryna without problem for 6 months, now I wish to try Elysse. When I boot from the live CD the PC hangs at the line that reads '6431 legacy-phy0: Broad com 4301 WLAN Found' and cannot proceed. The CD was burnt after checking the Checksum. I guess when Elysse is loading it cannot cope with my Linksys wireless card. Is there any way I can get over this problem without having to remove the wireless card?

[Husse]

This beats me but there has been a similar problem with other Broadcom cards
Here
http://linuxmint.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=5147
Unfortunately Broadcom cards are common and cumbersome
If it was possible to blacklist b43legacy in the live CD it would boot
I'll come back to you

[Husse]

If it was possible to blacklist b43legacy in the live CD it would boot

Unfortunately not without making a new ISO... You can't use boot options for this
So remove/turn off the wifi card and install - reboot the install to check it works
Then run this command in a terminal

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echo "blacklist b43legacy" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist 

Now insert/turn on the card and hopefully the computer boots
Then you have to find a way to get it working - and I hope the wifi wiki does it
http://www.linuxmint.com/wiki/index.php/MintWifi