Hi Andre, B43 has usually been very easy to install for me sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter firmware-b43-installer
On 10/05/2014 08:40 AM, Andre Rodovalho wrote: > Aere, if you don't want to mess user configurations with different > linux distros using a single /home, you can simply use different user > names. Each user will have a different folder at /home, and all > configs inside that folder, nothing will conflict... > > For files only, you can create a shared folder (everybody can read and > write - wich has no config files) inside /home > > > Jerry, Broadcom sometimes are a little tricky... > This thread( http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2084508 ) points > you to run: > > *sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic* > *sudo apt-get install --reinstall bcmwl-kernel-source* > > Do you know how to do this? If you don't, please tell me and I help you. > > 2014-10-04 23:45 GMT-03:00 Aere Greenway <a...@dvorak-keyboards.com > <mailto:a...@dvorak-keyboards.com>>: > > On 10/04/2014 07:51 PM, "J. Van Brimmer" wrote: > > > Well, I completed the system backup, using the Lenovo tool > called Create Recovery Media. One boot disc and three data > discs. I tested only the boot disc, it worked. Since it took > so much time to get the C drive shrunk down to where I wanted > it, I didn’t want to do a complete system restore. I have no > reason to think it wouldn't work. > > Now to find a distro to install. I am partial to Lubuntu, but > when I booted up the live disc, Lubuntu didn't recognize the > wireless device. It has a Broadcom 802.11 a/b/g/n Wifi adapter > BCM43228. Is there a software package for this chipset in the > repos? Now the search begins. > > For the one who asked. The hard drive already has three > primary partitions. Sda1 is SYSTEM_DRV, sda2 is Windows7_OS, > sda3 is Lenovo_Recovery. So, the next one I'll make extended. > Sda3 has a drive letter of Q, of all things, and it is at the > very end of the drive. If their going to put it at the end, > name it Z for crying out loud. Anyway, that's where I'm at. > > With 3 primary partitions already, you'll need to create an > extended partition for the Linux stuff, because it requires at > least two partitions: a swap partition, and the root ("/") > partition. I think you can have only 4 primary partitions. Linux > can be loaded from extended partitions. > > If you want to put in other Linux systems, you carve them out of > your extended partition as well. They can all (as far as I know) > use the same swap partition. > > I think the Master Boot Record (MBR) is changed to send you to the > GRUB loader, which in-turn can send you to any of your Linux > partitions, or your Windows partition. The last-installed Linux > system is the one at the top of the boot menu. > > I think it is also a good idea to create a common partition > (formatted FAT32, so it is visible to both Windows and Linux), for > putting files used by all of the different systems. > > A lot of people like a common /home partition, but I don't do > that. With different Linux distributions sharing such a common > /home partition, that could cause configuration problems. > > -- > Sincerely, > Aere > > > > -- > Lubuntu-users mailing list > Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com <mailto:Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users > > > > -- Regards
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