FallowEarth Posted July 20, 2006 CID Share Posted July 20, 2006 Just installed Mandriva Linux 10.1 (2006 Installer) on a separate partition on my XP laptop. Talk about straight-forward! I think installing Mandriva was easier than installing XP. It even installs its own multiboot manager. The only trouble I had is that it didn't pick up my wireless card (had to install the driver with a Windows ndiswrapper from the recovery CD, but HardDrake is a great hardware utility). This thing is so full of bundled software and utilities, I've got hours of playing around to keep me out of trouble for a while. Here area a couple of shots: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disturbed Posted July 20, 2006 CID Share Posted July 20, 2006 linux is awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted July 20, 2006 CID Share Posted July 20, 2006 very nice... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted July 20, 2006 CID Share Posted July 20, 2006 very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disturbed Posted July 20, 2006 CID Share Posted July 20, 2006 ......i couldnt get the ndiswrapper config file to automatically load when the o/s boots up - id have to execute it manually each time.....were you able to do this ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallowEarth Posted July 20, 2006 Author CID Share Posted July 20, 2006 ......i couldnt get the ndiswrapper config file to automatically load when the o/s boots up - id have to execute it manually each time.....were you able to do this ? I just had to load it once using HardDrake hardware utility. HardDrake came with other Broadcom WLAN drivers pre-installed, but none for mine. I had to find the correct file from my OEM Recovery CD and use HardDrake to configure the device and point it to the NDISwrapper. HardDrake remembered the settings, and I just set the boot preference to configure this device on startup. Hasn't given me trouble since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark06 Posted July 20, 2006 CID Share Posted July 20, 2006 yeh linux rcks not myb fav distro but its a good choice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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