<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 9:54 PM, Tom Sellers <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tomsellers2001@yahoo.com">tomsellers2001@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I loaded DSL on a USB stick so that I could boot up my laptop in Linux rather than try to use my other old laptop. It works if I connect it directly to a cable but wireless is another story. The DSL site says that the Cisco wirless 350 PCMCIA card works out of the box but I can't seem to make it work at all. The laptop (IBM Thinkpad R60)actually has a built in Intel Pro Wireless 3945 ABG network card. It appeared that this card does not work well with DSL so I chose to insert a Cisco 350 card that I had laying around since it was said to work out of the box.<br>
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Anyone have any experience with DSL running wirelessly? Suggestions?<br>
<br></blockquote></div><br>Hi Tom, forgive me, this is not the reply you're looking for.<br><br>DSL is a great linux considering the compromises it makes. However do realize that it is a linux version built on the premise of compromise, which are in some cases significant. You see, it is built to run w/ only 50MB of space. A modern linux desktop will typically need 1GB to 5GB of space. That is a huge difference.<br>
<br>So to work it has to trim out a lot of stuff and in some cases use older versions of key software components. This means it can be quite tricky to troubleshoot because many of use haven't used that version of the kernel or the operating environment for years.<br>
<br>One thing that has improved dramatically in recent software releases is wireless networking.<br><br>Therefore if you have it within your means I'd strongly suggest trying to use a more full-featured and modern linux desktop. There are numerous versions that can run off of a USB memory stick.<br>
<br>I'm a big Ubuntu fan so my experience is with it. If you have a 1GB USB memory stick you can create a bootable live install.<br><br>The way that I've made the bootable drive is by using the Ubuntu tool usb-creator. Of course you don't have Ubuntu installed so you can't use this tool. Instead, you may want to use:<br>
<br><a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromImgFiles">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromImgFiles</a> - Ubuntu specific<br><a href="http://www.linuxliveusb.com/">http://www.linuxliveusb.com/</a> - create Ubuntu and other Linux live installs. I've never used this one before but it is nice that it supports more than just Ubuntu.<br>
<br>Just something to consider.<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Matthew Nuzum<br>newz2000 on freenode, skype, linkedin, <a href="http://identi.ca">identi.ca</a> and twitter<br>