chain reaction

I've gone into a Linux package-install chain reaction of sorts.. each package I want to install needs another basic package and I've gone one downloading and building sources so much that I've forgotten what it is that I wanted to install in the first place! Only in Linux! :))

openSUSE is pretty good

Here I was trying to look up how to best format a new partition so that I can share data between Linux and Windows, when I look up the /windows folder and there it is! The whole Windows partition mounted and ready to be navigated! That's progress! In retrospect I remember seeing some mention of creating a mount-point named 'windows' when I was installing from the CD but who pays that much attention.. :D

I still had to mess around to get the Wireless connection working though.  I have a broadcom modem and SUSE had to download some files from repositories online. It was a vicious circle - I had to go online to go online! So:
- I looked up the script
- found out what files were needed to install the broadcom firmware
- downloaded them manually in Windows
- copied it to a USB flash drive
- copied from the flash drive to Linux partition (after rebooting of course)
- and then made the script point to these files instead of the URL.

Phew! That worked though. It had, of course, to be followed by the usual:

ifconfig wlan0 up
/etc/init.d/network restart