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Re: [LUG] Ubuntu 7.04 or PCLinuxOS /w Linksys WMP54G Wireless-G PCI Adapter

 

On 03/09/07, Julian Hall <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Friend in the US has the above card.  Cannot get Ubuntu to install... PC
> has 256Mb.. is this enough?  Not sure what processor.  It's a 'Dell
> 2001' according to the front, and googling THAT is a hospital pass and a
> half.
>
> Essentially the system hangs at the partitioning stage installing Ubuntu.
>
> She also has tried PCLinuxOS and it did install.  However that's when
> the WiFi NIC fun started.
>
> I thought using ndiswrapper would do it, but apparently not.
>
> Suggestions please :)
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Julian
>
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not an expert on ubuntu, but you could try bumping up the swap
partition and see if that helps (though I would have thought 256 would
be fine)

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