[Liverpool] Ubuntu On MSI Wind

[Leslie I'Anson]

Hey Dan,

I run Arch on a MSI Wind. When I installed it, about six/seven months
back, there was no support for the factory fitted wireless nic, not
even via ndiswrapper (yuck). Therefore, I resorted to getting my
screwdriver out and installing a new intel mini-pci express wlan nic,
plus extra gig of ram :). Probably voided a warranty or two along the
way but the wireless has been rock solid ever since.

Anyway good luck getting it to work, who knows six months on, and
another Ubuntu release later, it might.

Peace and love,
Leslie

On 02/11/2009, Dan Lynch <biglynchy at gmail.com> wrote:
> Looking at Debian information it seems that will work well on the Wind. So
> if Karmic doesn't play nice we always have options. I'll bring an external
> HDD with me so we can back up her data if needed. She has it dual booting
> with XP at the moment I think and will probably want to preserve that. I'm
> not sure of the full details. My memory is fuzzy.
>
> This is what happens when you agree to things in noisy pubs late at night :D
>
> See ya,
>
> Dan
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 4:19 PM, oscillik <oscillik at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> oh it'll be an alarm entry on my Psion ;)
>>
>>
>> 2009/11/2 Dan Lynch <biglynchy at gmail.com>
>>
>>> Oh right sound, no need to feel bad about it. I couldn't remember what
>>> I'd
>>> done with the thing anyway. Relieved to know it's still around. No rush,
>>> I'll get it off you on Wednesday whenever. Hopefully one of us will
>>> remember.
>>>
>>> Ta :)
>>>
>>> Dan
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 4:14 PM, oscillik <oscillik at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> that's my fault, your USB stick is still stuck with me!
>>>>
>>>> i'll be making sure i bring it with me on Wednesday and shall be
>>>> returning it swiftly upon your arrival!
>>>>
>>>> i shall accept all picard facepalms that i deserve
>>>>
>>>> 2009/11/2 Dan Lynch <biglynchy at gmail.com>
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the replies folks, I'll take a look. I'm not sure which
>>>>> model
>>>>> she has and I don't know how the models differ. I think perhaps the
>>>>> wireless
>>>>> needs NDISWrapper but I don't know. If you could bring a bootable USB
>>>>> with
>>>>> Karmic on for the meet Doof I'd be eternally grateful. Not sure what
>>>>> I've
>>>>> done with my USB stick at the moment. I'm gonna do a bit of research
>>>>> and see
>>>>> what I can find out. I'm sure I've heard many stories of people using
>>>>> the
>>>>> Wind with Linux. I'm sure it's possible.
>>>>>
>>>>> She asked me the other night and of course I responded with "yeah no
>>>>> problem we can get that working" without thinking. Probably should have
>>>>> double checked it would actually work but there's nothing like
>>>>> confidence,
>>>>> and Guinness hehe. I was certain I'd heard of people using Linux on the
>>>>> Wind
>>>>> a lot. It seems pretty standard hardware.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the information, I'll have a read into it :)
>>>>>
>>>>> Dan
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Bob Ham <rah at bash.sh> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, 2009-11-02 at 15:16 +0000, Dan Lynch wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > I've convinced my friend Rosie to bring her MSI Wind along to the
>>>>>> meet
>>>>>> > on Wednesday night.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > Does anyone know more about it?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nope, but there's some good information here:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/MSI/WindU100
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Bob Ham <rah at bash.sh>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> for (;;) { ++pancakes; }
>>>>>>
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