MSI PC54G2 / RT2500 Newbie Query

Forum: Networking
Topic: MSI PC54G2 / RT2500 Newbie Query
started by: ThePotato

Posted by ThePotato on Jan. 21 2007,23:58

Hi all,
Ok, so I downloaded DSL today as a live CD, liked what I saw and especially liked the fact that, compared to other live linux versions, DSL can run within Windows. This makes it ideal for me to put on a USB key and use, say, computers at the airport where it's not physically possible to reboot the PC itself.

So, I thought I'd like to give it a try for home use and see if I can get my WIFI card working before I take the plunge and get a nice shiny 4GB USB key to put DSL onto. Therein lies my problem and the root of my questioning... how do I do so? I've verified the card isn't automatically detected and I've verified that it should work with ndiswrapper. I've looked at the location of the windows driver and found that there's a 'RT2500.sys' file in 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\'. Do I need just this or do I need a '.inf' file too as I seem to see from various places. Once I have procured the relevent files, how do I then, step-by-step, get this to load / run and stay there for next time it's booted on DSL? (please, as far as possible put this part in plain English!). The network itself uses WPA-PSK encryption, so would I have to change this to WEP or is there some kind of GUI or command-line option or interface I can use so that WPA-PSK will work?

Is there any way to do a practice run of this, within DSL running on Windows (so I still have some form of net connection for reference purposes), before I set it up on the real thing? I've noticed I cannot seem to mount my HD when running DSL (certainly in the QEmu version... I am not sure in the live-CD version. I will have to test and update). Is this normal in the QEmu version?

Thanks for your time and I look forward to reading your replies! Sorry about all the questions, but if I can get this woking and sorted, then my Windows can be kissed goodbye forever!

Regards,
ThePotato

Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on Jan. 22 2007,01:21

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Ok, so I downloaded DSL today as a live CD, liked what I saw and especially liked the fact that, compared to other live linux versions, DSL can run within Windows.

Actually, you can do this with other distributions as well.

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Is there any way to do a practice run of this, within DSL running on Windows (so I still have some form of net connection for reference purposes), before I set it up on the real thing?

No, since qemu is a sandbox running under the host, and emulates its own nic. Same for your hd, although you can set up storage places indirectly through qemu.

No idea if ndiswrapper supports that encryption or not.