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| 20:35.10 | CBG | yo blast007, I asked this in #debian and got blanked by everyone there...: |
| 20:35.12 | CBG | Hi all, I'm a Mac user but I've used Ubuntu from a liveCD and also Debian and FC over SSH. I'm interested in installing Debian on my external hard-drive but have a few questions. 1. Debian will run on my PPC iBook from an external hard drive, right? 2. I use Apple's Airport Extreme Wireless Card. I know that linux drivers for this have been made, are they available in the latest linux kernel or would I need to install them manually some how? 3. Is it wise to |
| 20:35.51 | blast007 | question 3 got cut off |
| 20:35.59 | blast007 | 3. Is it wise to |
| 20:36.19 | CBG | gah... |
| 20:36.25 | CBG | . Is it wise to attempt this install with my limited use of linux? |
| 20:36.37 | blast007 | #3, why wouldn't it be wise? |
| 20:36.49 | blast007 | worst case, you f up linux and have to reinstall |
| 20:36.54 | CBG | they couldda said... or at least looked at 1 and 2 |
| 20:37.38 | CBG | Well, I thought maybe they would like to suggest I spend 4 weeks reading docs non stop... |
| 20:37.41 | CBG | Or install some other distro first, one which is easier to do, as practice... |
| 20:38.50 | blast007 | "I did not compile the drivers from source, so I cannot predict if you will be successful in doing so. The latest Kernel that I.m using, 2.6.15, comes with the driver installed and enabled. Getting the card to connect to a wireless network and retrieve an IP address was an entirely different beast." |
| 20:39.08 | CBG | ugh :( |
| 20:39.12 | CBG | sounds bad |
| 20:39.30 | blast007 | http://www.drinus.net/airport/ |
| 20:39.36 | blast007 | too bad it's not in english |
| 20:39.39 | CBG | and with no secondary computer, I'd be stranded as soon as I started the install |
| 20:39.50 | blast007 | http://www.lanterntorch.com/free-software/149/airport-extreme-lives-in-linux/ |
| 20:40.01 | CBG | uhhh... french? |
| 20:40.02 | blast007 | the install is the easy part |
| 20:40.40 | blast007 | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ |
| 20:40.44 | CBG | but, if I have trouble with anything before getting online... I'm screwed. |
| 20:41.03 | CBG | seen both those last 2 links, thanks anyway |
| 20:41.11 | CBG | that lantentorch one is stupid... |
| 20:41.19 | blast007 | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/?go=documentation |
| 20:41.33 | CBG | It says to "Download..." as part of the process for getting online. :| |
| 20:41.36 | blast007 | well, you'd be installing to an external drive |
| 20:41.37 | CBG | Real fucking clever. |
| 20:41.53 | blast007 | can OSX read an ext3 drive? |
| 20:42.10 | blast007 | if so, download the file in OSX, and save it to the linux partiton |
| 20:42.10 | CBG | no idea... what's an ext3..? |
| 20:42.17 | blast007 | partition* |
| 20:42.25 | blast007 | ~ext3 |
| 20:42.33 | blast007 | aww |
| 20:42.36 | CBG | It's a file I am supposed to upload to my own server, from mac OS X. |
| 20:42.37 | blast007 | ~ext |
| 20:42.38 | ibot | extra, extra, read all about it, ext is the filesystem needed to symlink items to the sd card (the command is mkfs.ext2) |
| 20:42.44 | CBG | So, I could just copy to the partition... |
| 20:42.50 | CBG | I just find that page stupid. |
| 20:43.55 | blast007 | heh, yeah |
| 20:44.10 | blast007 | he said he "downloaded it TO linux" not "FROM linux" |
| 20:44.29 | CBG | ... |
| 20:45.15 | blast007 | what partiton types can OSX read? |
| 20:45.19 | blast007 | FAT32? |
| 20:45.25 | blast007 | FAT16? |
| 20:45.34 | blast007 | can you burn the file to a CD? |
| 20:45.37 | blast007 | a floppy? |
| 20:45.56 | blast007 | usb memory stick? |
| 20:45.59 | CBG | I have no idea... |
| 20:46.16 | blast007 | it's just a file |
| 20:46.17 | CBG | I partitioned my external already and am using one partition fine. |
| 20:46.28 | blast007 | can you burn CDs? |
| 20:46.31 | CBG | Yep. |
| 20:46.36 | blast007 | then there ya go |
| 20:46.55 | CBG | I actually have CD-R's lying around too. :) |