Ya ya ya… it's my linuxy story again, I know you're probably bored by now… but then, ah ha… I'm not… therefore, I'm still blogging loads about it, right?
Ok… back to that very old, super old notebook, HP Omnibook 6000,
Probably you'll suggest me to chuck it away, but then… hey… besides, there're some cracks somewhere (due to the carelessness of the previous owner, aiyo~ how can anybody uses notebook until like that…) it's still a functioning notebook… except that the battery's dead… the rest, still good and sound…
Anyway, well… I put that ubuntu 9.10 on it, works fine, just that, it's really pretty slow… ok, I now know that, ubuntu's still pretty resource hunger, if you've to put this soul into a 70-year-old body… kakaka…
So, I tried another no-problem-to-be-installed OS, ie. peppermint OS, (peppermint ONE)
It's a very lightweight linux distro, I've taken a look at it, as it doesn't really install a lot of local apps, most of its by-default programmes are web-based, for eg. If you go to office directory, it'll show you all the google docs links bla bla bla…
So, I thought, this is lightweight..
Anyway, the touch and feel is… yes, it's faster, faster than ubuntu…
So, I installed it…
The problem is, it doesn't recognize that netgear wg511 at all, NOT AT ALL!!
As I was prepared loooooooooooong ago, so, I went ahead to try that ndiswrapper thing… ya, try to be smart… kakaka… try to be techy too…
I hooked it up with the LAN cable, the super conventional way, by doing that, ie. I'm limited to my workdesk LO!!! @_@
There, I got internet connection, (ya, wired, gosh!! That sounds so old!)
And then, I started doing that ndiswrapper thing, by following all the steps on the forums/wiki bla bla bla…
Fine!!! At first, it's fine, the command could be used, and netgear wg511 (from windows, that *.inf file) could be installed, and that, the OS actually recognized it… ooh~~~ cool NE!!!
HOWEVER!! Still… that network card didn't blink, AT ALL…
So, I went further troubleshooting (if it is…) and type this type that, type like a pro, I mean, all the commands…
Suddenly, damn! That NDISWRAPPER command failed…
It's installed, loaded,
And whatsover…
BUT THAT, when I did that modprobe thing… damn!! It kept saying that, it doesn't exist…
This was worse than not having that driver to be recognized…
I said, I was prepped to do that ndiswrapper thing TO install the netgear driver,
But I WAS NOT PREPPED AT ALL, to solve that pre-requisite, ie. NDISWRAPPER!!
Now, I've 2 problems to solve, damn!!
In the end, yes, I declare…
I gave up…
Wack the whole machine, give it back its happily-run OS, ie. ubuntu 9.10…
@_@
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