Hi - If persistence is working fine on your USB then you can just install the extra package (on a machine where you have network access) and it should still be there next time you boot that particular USB stick.
Dan 2010/1/22 Josh Lawrence <[email protected]>: > hello puredyne people! > > first, a *huge* thank-you for the latest release of puredyne. I have > enjoyed it as much as any media-focused linux distro to date. kudos! > > I have a laptop that for some unknown reason will not make use of any > hard drive. maybe the ide connector is shot, who knows. long story > short, I'm running puredyne on a usb stick, and everything is fine, > except that I need a firmware package for my wireless to work > (provided by the b43-fwcutter package in the repos). how do I add > this to my usb stick? do I need to remaster? I've been all over the > broth launchpad site, but can't seem to find any instructions on how > to use it or build my own. (a side note: the release announcement > specifically encouraged people to use the broth to build their own > distro, but the doc to do so has been neglected. not a major problem, > but very confusing for someone like me.) > > I am experienced in linux but I'm no wizard or guru; I can follow most > howtos with success. that being said, is there any hope for me and my > poor laptop? :) > > again, cheers for all of your hard work! > > -- > Josh Lawrence > http://www.hardbop200.com > > --- > [email protected] > http://identi.ca/group/puredyne > irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne > -- http://www.mcld.co.uk --- [email protected] http://identi.ca/group/puredyne irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne
