Geexbox, RT73, Ndiswrapper

geexbox recently moved to rootfs

and the generator function is temporarily not working, it can't be compile from the source

stage1 and stage2 is deleted

I hope the developer can work for it soon

The TP-Link TL-WN321G is not working in my ubuntu 9.10 box, although rt73 is already comes with the kernel, but it DOESN'T work. I tried to do the following

/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist‎

blacklist rt73usb

blacklist rt2500usb

(my be also rt2x00lib rt2570, but i havn't try it yet)

apt-get install ndisgtk

ndiswrapper -i rt73.inf

modprobe -r rt73usb

modprobe -r rt2500lib

depmod -a

modprobe ndiswrapper

I have done these, not working, keep on scanning/connecting to ANY essid and not accepting the iwconfig essid xxx key s:xxx command

I'll try it later on again

install gOS on ubuntu command line system

grabbed a xubuntu alternate cd, place it in C:\
I use the hd-media method to install it, which is the
"The CD image approach" in https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromWindows

get the hd-media version of vmlinuz, initrd.gz
place it in c:\hd-media\

grabbed grub4dos, extract grldr, menu.lst and place it in c:\
mod the menu.lst
add:

title Install Ubuntu alternate
#original in ubuntu help, which will install X and the X desktop enviornment
#kernel (hd0,0)/hd-media/vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 ramdisk_size=128000
#boot to 'install command-line system'
#my mod here
kernel (hd0,0)/hd-media/vmlinuz append tasks=standard pkgsel/language-pack-patterns= pkgsel/install-language-support=false vga=normal root=/dev/ram0 ramdisk_size=128000
initrd (hd0,0)/hd-media/initrd.gz

I boot it using ntldr redirect grldr, so,
in windows cmd:
attrib -R -S -H boot.ini
echo c:\grldr="start grldr" >> boot.ini

install a ubuntu command line system, no X, no OOo, no shit, clean!
I dont install grub on MBR, but on sda2(so-called Super Block), while using the parition tool, it makes the sda2 as boot/active automatically, I change the boot flag back to sda1
/dev/sda
　/dev/sda1　|　ntfs　|　boot
　/dev/sda2　|　ext3　|　mount as /
　/dev/sda3　|　swap　|　mount as swap
you can use the gui which is slow, or press alt-2 to tty2 with

fdisk /dev/sda
p > a > 1
a > 2 > w


Now I boot my linux like this with modded c:\menu.lst with these line added
or you can copy the code in /boot/grub/menu.lst in /dev/sda2

title find and boot Linux with menu.lst already installed
find --set-root /sbin/init
savedefault --wait=2
configfile /boot/grub/menu.lst


now, install the gOS with these command:


sudo echo '' >> /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo echo 'deb http://packages.thinkgos.com/gos/ reloaded main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo echo 'deb-src http://packages.thinkgos.com/gos/ reloaded main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo echo '' >> /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo wget http://www.thinkgos.com/files/gos_repo_key.asc
sudo apt-key add gos_repo_key.asc
sudo rm gos_repo_key.asc
sudo aptitude update
#comment out cdrom in source.list

sudo apt-get install xorg e17 emodule-itask-ng emodule-mixer emodule-tclock emodule-taskbar emodule-deskshow emodule-efm-nav emodule-efm-path idesk gos-keyring greenos-artwork greenos-icon-theme greenos-default-settings greenos-wallpapers ttf-arphic-bkai00mp ttf-arphic-bsmi00lp leafpad firefox synaptic bsh desktop-file-utils gksu hibernate hicolor-icon-theme slocate ttf-freefont
sudo apt-get install bsh desktop-file-utils gksu acpi acpid hibernate hicolor-icon-theme slocate ttf-freefont
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get autoremove
you can strip "ttf-arphic-bkai00mp ttf-arphic-bsmi00lp leafpad firefox synaptic" as you like, ttf fonts are for Chinese, CHT and CHS, leafpad is a notepad, synaptic is a good tool to manage apt packages

then issue a reboot command, you will see a very nice 'entrance' waiting you to logon

it will be ok on most system
now you got a gOS which consumes much fewer hdd space then the gOS 2.0 beta 1
use df -h to see it, it can be as few as 600MB

fancy itask-ng is still very buggy ......