On 4/11/2011 6:17 AM, JS Kaplan wrote: > On 4/7/2011 7:04 AM, Harald Sundt wrote: >> — Now what you'll want to do if you don't have the CD that came with the >> computer with the drivers for your laptop is to Ethernet cable connect >> your laptop to a computer with an Internet connection. Go to your laptop >> manufacturer's website and download the drivers for the Windows >> operating system wireless app. Then when you reboot into Windows with >> that installed you can connect to the Internet and get all the rest of >> the drivers and whenever you want in the way of apps. > Not noob centric. One must use a crossover cable to Ethernet with > another computer. > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > euglug@euglug.org > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug Most modern PCs can do an automatic crossover. But a crossover cable is best.
Regarding Linux on a Windows PC. I use Ubuntu 10.04 everyday for embedded development. It runs beautifully under VMWare in Winblows XP. I can drag files between Windows and Linux. Download the free VMWare player and create a new virtual machine. Insert the Ubuntu CD and it installs automatically. It shares the Windows drivers so you get a working system (ENET, USB, audio, all work). Allocate 100G or so of disk space for the Virtual Machine. _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
