Install wireless without cable connection

[G.]

On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Alan Pope <alan at popey.com> wrote:
> On 29 April 2011 15:39, G. <pegngaryubuntu at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I currently have 10.10 installed.  I plan to dual boot with 11.04 (to
>> test it on my system).  However, I do not have cable internet access,
>> only wireless so I won't have internet access on my Dell mini 10
>> (Broadcom 43xx).  Is there a way to install the broadcom adapter
>> firmware without a cable connection?
>>
>
> One way you could do it is install 11.04 then boot back into 10.10 and
> chroot the 11.04 install and apt-get the necessary bits, then boot
> back to 11.04 to use it.
>
> Something like this:-
>
> Assumptions:-
> 1. 10.10 is installed on /dev/sda1
> 2. 11.04 is installed on /dev/sda2
> (use commands like mount and sudo fdisk -l to see which partition is which)
> 3. Both installs are the same architecture (i.e. both x86 or both x86_64)
>
> Boot into 10.10 after installing 11.04
> Ensure 10.10 system is online
> Drop to a shell
>
> # Make directories
> mkdir -p ~/target/proc
> mkdir ~/target/dev
> mkdir ~/target/sys
>
> # Mount up 11.04 in target directory
> sudo mount /dev/sda2 ~/target
> sudo mount -o bind /proc ~/target/proc
> sudo mount -o bind /dev ~/target/dev
> sudo mount -o bind /sys ~/target/sys
>
> # Copy in resolv.conf so dns resolution works in chroot
> sudo cp /etc/resolv.conf ~/target/etc
>
> # Start the chroot
> sudo chroot ~/target
>
> # At this point you have a root prompt on your 11.04 system from
> within your 10.10 system. Here you could now run commands to install
> the necessary bits for broadcom.
> # So if you know on your 10.10 system you had to install
> firmware-b43-installer then just run at the root prompt:-
>
> apt-get update
> apt-get install firmware-b43-installer
>
> # If that works then you can:-
> # leave the chroot
> exit
>
> # unount
> sudo umount ~/target/proc ~/target/dev ~/target/sys ~/target
>
> # Then reboot into 11.04
>
> Fingers crossed :D
>
> Cheers,
> Al.
>
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Did not work, unfortunately:


apt-get install firmware-b43-installer
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  b43-fwcutter
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  b43-fwcutter firmware-b43-installer
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 18.2 kB of archives.
After this operation, 131 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://es.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main b43-fwcutter
i386 1:013-3 [14.6 kB]
Get:2 http://es.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/multiverse
firmware-b43-installer all 4.150.10.5-5 [3,632 B]
Fetched 18.2 kB in 13s (1,387 B/s)
Can not write log, openpty() failed (/dev/pts not mounted?)
Selecting previously deselected package b43-fwcutter.
(Reading database ... 129488 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking b43-fwcutter (from .../b43-fwcutter_1%3a013-3_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package firmware-b43-installer.
Unpacking firmware-b43-installer (from
.../firmware-b43-installer_4.150.10.5-5_all.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Can not write log, openpty() failed (/dev/pts not mounted?)
Setting up b43-fwcutter (1:013-3) ...
Setting up firmware-b43-installer (4.150.10.5-5) ...
Not supported low-power chip with PCI id 14e4:4315!
Aborting.
dpkg: error processing firmware-b43-installer (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 firmware-b43-installer
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Any other suggestions?
gary