Linux install

by roYal • 26 Jul 2008, 13:07 • Journals
need someone who's familiar with Ubuntu and could spend a little time on helping me with it. my main problem is to get the Wlan working. without having any driver for the usb Wlan stick installed Linux detects my network but after entering the WEP key I don't get a connection.
i heard something about NDISwrapper which allows you to install the windows drivers. tho i have no clue how to use it!

pm me here please!
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finkregh 26 Jul 2008, 14:08
need some1 to explain the complete installation of linux /q finkregh

8D
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mama 26 Jul 2008, 14:26
u need just 2 partition if u dont wanna fuck up everything
put the cd inside your cd rom case and reboot
for the other things https://wiki.ubuntu.com :s
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finkregh 26 Jul 2008, 14:28
can u create a 2nd partition whilst installing ubuntu? i heard some rumours bout that :)
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mama 26 Jul 2008, 14:31
i guess so , but in the past some people had probs and somehow it fucked up their win partition
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mangow 26 Jul 2008, 14:10
try google


like 95% of all questions concerning linux are answered somewhere and easy to find
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im a tree 26 Jul 2008, 14:13
Quotewithout having any driver for the usb Wlan stick installed Linux detects my network but after entering the WEP key I don't get a connection.


suggests that you dont need ndiswrapper, its working already...

not sure how to fix it though, im afraid
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darthmob 26 Jul 2008, 14:16
oh noes! a friend of mine invested many sleepless nights in getting his wlan properly up and running for university. as long as you are not using vpn-tunnels (especially cisco-clients) it should not be that bad.

good luck!
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triflip 26 Jul 2008, 14:21
anybody knows if any linux distro supports the onboard VIA SATA RAID controllers?

never was able to instal linux because of my onboard raid controller.
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S3ti 26 Jul 2008, 15:00
had the same prob for a long time and couldn´t find a solution, now i got another mainboard ...
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triflip 26 Jul 2008, 15:12
think I'll just plug in a 20 GB IDE disc or smth (got to look what I have), so I can use that for testing with linux.
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plekter 26 Jul 2008, 16:06
VIA SATA RAID onboard controller is basically just proprietary software raid in disguise, and there are no drivers for linux for that :(
Either get a real raid controller (with a real one you don't need any drivers, the disks will appear as one to the OS without any special interfacing required), or use the Linux software raid. I've used the latter, works like a charm. However it might not be compatible with the VIA SATA RAID, so if you have a lot of data on the VIA-Raid you won't be able to access it.
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oBs 26 Jul 2008, 14:21
try asking for help on the ubuntu forums, the community there should be able to provide you with help fairly quickly.
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boro 26 Jul 2008, 14:38
GL SWINESAU
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plekter 26 Jul 2008, 16:09
Don't use ndiswrapper unless you really have to. It's ugly.
Do you use the GUI network thingy?
Remember that there might be a difference between WEP passphrase, ASCII-key and HEX-key.
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