Re: [Server-devel] XS on Netbook

[Dave Bauer]

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Gerald Ardito  wrote:
> Sameer,
>
> I have tried to install the XS on a Dell Laptop (not netbook). It runs
> great, but the wireless indicator is not on.
> Could there be missing drivers?
> If so, what can I do?
>

Probably uses broadcom drivers. Do lspci and check.
I am not sure what is the best option, I am not sure which version of
Fedora the XS is based on.

Best bet is to do "lspci" and find out what chipset you have and see
what other Fedora users have done.

Dave
> Thanks.
> Gerald
>
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 1:00 AM, Sameer Verma  wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Gerald Ardito 
>> wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > Has anyone installed the XS on a netbook?
>> > The big issue is that there is no optical drive, but beyond that I was
>> > wondering if that would work.
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>> > Gerald
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>> I have it running on a Fujitsu Lifebook P2120
>> (http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/notebooks/0,39050488,39009460p,00.htm),
>> from an era when small laptops were expensive and were not called
>> netbooks. This thing has a 933 MHz Crusoe processor, with 384 MB RAM.
>> It doesn't complain for small set of XOs.
>>
>> Now that you've brought it up, I will try a netbook as well.
>>
>> cheers,
>> Sameer
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Re: [Server-devel] XS on Netbook

[Martin Langhoff]

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 1:35 AM, Gerald Ardito  wrote:
> Has anyone installed the XS on a netbook?
> The big issue is that there is no optical drive, but beyond that I was
> wondering if that would work.

Definitely works for me :-) See the XS_Techniques page for hints on

 - Installing from USB. I've added notes there on how to avoid the
installer crashes.

 - How to run your wlan0 as the WAN port. Note: you can create an
ifcfg-wlan0 to configure it fully, but it gets messy trying to connect
to WPA-protected APs on boot.

 - Using xs_swapnics to make your "eth0" into eth1 so you can hook up
an AP there.

If you are very lucky, your netbook may have a WLAN that can run as an
AP (using a hostap driver). That'd be nice to see in action too.

If your netbook has a small HD, might be wise to disable the backup
service. Just comment out the relevant parts in
/etc/httpd/conf.d/ds-backup.conf file and restart apache...

cheers,



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