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I'm pretty sure you need to boot into the live cd to get to the option to create the usb stick; which you then try as a live system before using it to install to your machine.
sorry i am getting to the converstaion late but the fedora installer has an option to write the iso to a bootable usb (live-usb) even with persistant space.
I want to use peppermint os as i like it but i need help with the wireless drivers and please dont post saying you bed a wired connection as i don't have one and need a way with out a wired connection please
I cant give much information as I dont know what information you want.
All i know is that I've ran peppermint two on here off a usb stick and tried to connect to my android wi-fi tether (witch is my only internet connection) and it found the tether, I pressed connect, and there was just a little circle spinning around where the network icon is. does this mean I need the drivers?
the obvious questions are:
- does the laptop work with other wifi routers ?
- does your wifi router (evo) work with other laptops ?
(i suspect it is trying to connect but your fone isnt dhcp'ing correctly.)
these commands are to help us to know what your system thinks is installed (not necessarily to get you connected).
Code:
lspci # will tell us the pci devices you have in your system.
lsusb # will tell us the usb devices you have in your system.
lsmod # will list all the driver modules loaded in your system
ifconfig # will tell us what network interface cards you have turned on in your system.
ifconfig -a # will tell us all the network interface cards you have in your system.
iwconfig # will tell us which of your network interface cards has wireless capability
cat /etc/resolv.conf # will tell us what dns server you are using
now that we know that, this should get you connected:
Code:
sudo iwlist device scan # this will use the device interface (that from the above command, we found out has wireless capability) and scan for wireless routers that are accessible.
sudo iwconfig device essid "myssid" # assuming no security, use that device to connect to your router.
sudo dhclient # will attempt to get ip-address, subnet mask, dns server information automatically from your router assuming dhcp is turned on on your router.
the obvious questions are:
- does the laptop work with other wifi routers ?
- does your wifi router (evo) work with other laptops ?
(i suspect it is trying to connect but your fone isnt dhcp'ing correctly.)
these commands are to help us to know what your system thinks is installed (not necessarily to get you connected).
Code:
lspci # will tell us the pci devices you have in your system.
lsusb # will tell us the usb devices you have in your system.
lsmod # will list all the driver modules loaded in your system
ifconfig # will tell us what network interface cards you have turned on in your system.
ifconfig -a # will tell us all the network interface cards you have in your system.
iwconfig # will tell us which of your network interface cards has wireless capability
cat /etc/resolv.conf # will tell us what dns server you are using
now that we know that, this should get you connected:
Code:
sudo iwlist device scan # this will use the device interface (that from the above command, we found out has wireless capability) and scan for wireless routers that are accessible.
sudo iwconfig device essid "myssid" # assuming no security, use that device to connect to your router.
sudo dhclient # will attempt to get ip-address, subnet mask, dns server information automatically from your router assuming dhcp is turned on on your router.
Do i type these in terminal? what do i with what it says? sorry really not good with codes and networks.
Do i type these in terminal? what do i with what it says? sorry really not good with codes and networks.
instead of asking, why not just try ? also, are you able to answer the questions above so that we know whether the fone or the laptop is messed up ?
please copy-and-paste this line into a terminal; then copy-and-paste the output into your next reply (this diagnostic info will help us determine what type of hardware you have so we can assess your issue)
by wifi-tether, do you mean that the laptop is connected to the fone thru wifi ?
or is the fone connected to the laptop thru usb cable ?
Yes the phone is connected to the pc thru wireless from the phone itself no routers etc the phone is sending its internet via wireless to the pc there is no encryption on it its open.
Also It tried to install ubuntu onto my memory stick the otherday using unetbootin and it said something is wrong with the "squashfs" file? i downloaded the latest one from ubuntu website and it came up with the same problem, am i missing someting here?
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