I tried Ubuntu 6.10 as a LiveCD and it was up and running in about 3 seconds. The liveCD version itself is fantastic and I would strongly recommend this to any one thinking of trying Linux.
Sadly, while Ubuntu found the network and seemed to accept the WEP key, it would not actually connect to the wireless router. This really does make no sense to me. The exact same WiFi USB device works find in 32bit versions of both SuSE and Ubuntu. Can it really be the case that the 32bit versions wont work properly?
]]>Andrew – I will give vmware a look next weekend. As it stands I still have my ageing SuSE box (32 bit version of openSUSE 10.2). This box works fine, but I can rarely bother making the effort going to the room it is stored in 🙂
On Sunday, I will give Ubuntu 6.10 (64bit) a try and see if that works better. I hope it doesn’t but time will tell.
]]>The best to be said of this approach is that at least it allows you to sample all of the candy you found.
]]>There is always the risk my installation media is corrupted somehow but I get the feeling I am clutching at straws here. I may have to give up and install Ubuntu instead.
A shame 🙁
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