#5 Support for more hardware on the client

[Anonymous]

Hi,

First thanks for your great job.

In Client, is it possible to put more net cards on the kernel, I can't use it in ASUS A6JC doesn't recognise the net card.

Is Server, is it possible to pack the image? Using bzip or other...

Thanks,
RMC

[rxhui]

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In the new version of PBA, version 1.1.0, the client CD is based on a newer version of Insert. Please give it a try. In the long term, I hope to collect enough information from the community to determine what single live CD would support the most hardware out-of-the-box. In my research so far, it appears that the kanotix distro is good with hardware support & detection, so that's what I will be evaluating when I have time. In the meantime, one technique you can try is to boot up with your live CD of choice and then do this.

wget http://\[pbaip]/pba.sh
sh pba.sh

The live CD does need to have some supporting files (e.g. dialog), but most live CDs do.

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Try using a USB NIC. The linksys USB NIC, more specifically is compatible. Let the system boot from CD, then insert the NIC -- hotplug will then autodetect. You will need to enter ip info manually (eg: ifconfig eth0 up, ifconfig eth0 192.168.ur.ip netmask 255.ur.net.msk)