New Lenovo Netbook

[Israel]

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 <Aere at dvorak-keyboards.com
> <mailto:Aere at 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
>
>
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