On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 02:41:45 -0400 (EDT), Eben King
<eben1@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>
> I have a 512 MB USB flash drive, and my laptop can boot from it (at least,
> I'm pretty sure it can). I want to make my wireless NIC work when booted
> from that, before I trash XP on the main drive. I'd be really in a bad
> place if I trashed the only OS that can use the 802.11 interface. Since
> the laptop uses a Centrino chipset, it's mostly unsupported.
>
> What's an appropriate distribution to put on it? I'll have to upgrade to
> kernel 2.6 if it's not there already; I believe the module that might
> support the NIC is new to 2.6. X is a bonus, although I'm perfectly
> comfortable in text mode. I've tried Knoppix 3.4 (kernel 2.6; installer
> died near the beginning, saying it expected at least 7 radio buttons and
> only found 4), SuSE 9 (no bootloader?), Lindows 4.5 (failed, unable to
> create swap device -- which is OK since one shouldn't swap to flash
> anyhow), Puppy Linux, and Al-AMLUG. Something (SuSE 9?) overwrote the
> boot sector on my hard drive, leading to some sessions in the Recovery
> Console. Grr.
>
> I actually got SuSE 9 down to 64% of 512 MB (whassat... about 328 MB),
> with no X, so it is possible with a recent distribution.
>
> If the laptop CAN'T boot from USB, a LILO floppy should take care of it,
> yes?
>
> --
> -eben ebQenW1@EtaRmpTabYayU.rIr.OcoPm home.tampabay.rr.com/hactar
>
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I will have to find the link to an article that I read not too long
ago about thumb drives and how you can put linux on them and also how
to make sure your hardware works by having the right drivers on.... It
was a long article I will try to find it again and post a link for
you.
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