I dont think it will boot though from past experience with kernel installs on this desktop. I have my pendrive of antix 12 around my neck right now. The problem is almost certainly that we are missing a driver in the initrd for the device. In conclusion, simplymepis is a great distribution of linux that can be used asis directly from the bootable medium of your choice dvd or usb or easily installed on any computer using the powerful and graphical installer provided on the live dvd. These iso files are based on debian sid and come as core or net version using svsvinit. When i go to the usb drive i can access antixlinuxfs. Synopsis boot livecdusb boot from an iso file sound doesnt work wireless networking change the default window manager. The announcement recommended unetbbotin to make live usb but unfortunately unetbootin crashed while selecting the iso file. Link inset your media that you wish to boot live session from. Both antix and mx linux contain unetbootin and live usb maker and both utilities can write the usb with an iso file. There are multiple ways to accomplish the same task. This flavor of linux can make anyone feel right at home on linux.
Universal usb installer aka uui is a live linux bootable usb creator that allows you to choose from a selection of linux distributions to put on your usb flash drive. For anyone whos interested antix19 marielle franco released. It is easy to install the entire system to a usb stick. Uganda renu research and education network for uganda kampala. Solved antix 16 usb installation cant find usb device solution. So i take an adapter dlink from another pc both devices work fine with. If you need more specific information about your type of usb controller, you can ask a question with this information in it. To answer your specific question, how do i update the nvidia driver in antix16. I used antix many years ago and got wireless working from memory i used a usb adapter and there was modeprobe this and modeprobe that.
Contribute to antixlinuxdocumentation development by creating an. Mx linux is an opensource antix and mepisbased linux distro designed to work efficiently on both old and modern pcs. Using a windows driver inside of linux may also give you faster transfer rates or better encryption support depending on your wireless card. I used dd command to copy the iso to usb but it allowed me to boot only in legacy mode of bios. Find out which modules are associated with a usb device. A while ago i tried mx14 which is based on antix and didnt like it, which kind of put me off trying antix again, until. It designed from the ground up to be used on 32bit x86 intelamd compatible machines.
I see from your link you are running antix via a persistent usb. Wifi usb adapter drivers osxmac, linux, and windows. We are performing this tutorial on windows as well as linux. Back in 2009, the antix devs foresaw that usb flash. You need 2 usb sticks on windows because you need to boot to linux on something to run the mx live usb creator. Modules also called drivers sometimes need to be loaded to allow the kernel to. Thankfully, the seller was quick to respond and provide a digital file with the relevant drivers. How to create mx linux bootable usb drive h2s media. Simply choose a live linux distribution, the iso file, your flash drive and, click install. During the ensuing eight years antix has been refining their live usb technology striving to improve the live usb experience and to find new and unique ways for making use of fast readwrite live boot media.
Contribute to antix linux live usb maker development by creating an account on github. I have also tried mint linux with the same results, the top pcmcia slot does not work at all. This linux distro has a slight learning curve and is a hands on linux distro based on debian 10 buster. Intel chipsets usually have the best support, and most usb chipset makers claim to have linux support on their websites for their usb typec chipsets. After purchasing a wireless dual band adapter from amazon and trying to use it on my mac, i ran into the issue of having no cd drive to get the drivers onto my 2015 macbook pro. Unlike windows where each programapplication might have its own update process in linux we can update the entire system with just a few mouse clicks or terminal.
Learn more about linux through the free introduction to. Insert at least a 1 gig flash drive what i would call a minimum size usb for a persistent usb of antix. This is when the kernel uses the same driver for th virtual consoles and xwindows. I installed antix 16 to a usb drive about a week back and was attempting. Thus, lets see how to flash a usb drive with mx linux to make it bootable.
How to install a wireless card in linux using windows drivers. Mx linux is another opensource linux distro based on antix and mepis, i am not going to discuss it more. With that being said, heres my list of the best portable linux distributions. Usb server for linux allows to work with the remote usb devices as if they are physically plugged into your computer usb vault v.
Create a live usb wpersist from a windows desktop mx linux. It is easy to configure and has been developed to be simple enough for linux beginners to easily get up and running with it. Safe video mode disable kms kernel mode set video drivers and force the use of. However id like to try and set up the wireless network. It had the similar terminal based boot setup for live usb and carried similar features and options like antix for persistent usb but unlike antix it natively detected the screen resolution and had a more crisper login screen. Could you recommend a way to figure out which driver is being used for a usb device. Pcmcia problems with a panasonic toughbook cf29 mk5 and. The lateral thinking way of testing hardware is to put. Antix linux mepis linux linux distribution antix mepis linux distribution. Spin up this midweight distribution and see if it cant serve as your daily driver. Back in 2009, the antix devs foresaw that usb flash drives would be the wave of the future for live linux media. The install and updates went without problems ootb and additional software was installed from the antix repository.
Displaylink has not created drivers for other packages, however the ubuntu driver contains an open source component which is designed to be modified to enable the ubuntu driver to be repackaged for any other linux distro by the user community. Actually, most linux distros are using systemd to manage the system processes, but antix doesnt like systemd. Funny thing is that i also have a cf29 mk2, and both slots do work in antix linux, so something changed between the mk2 and the mk5 that is preventing linux from seeing that second slot. Mx linux started as a cooperative venture between the antix and former mepis linux. Linux has come a long way with hardware support, but if you have a wireless card that still does not have native linux drivers you might be able to get the card working with a windows driver and ndiswrapper. Included are core antix systems and automatic enabling of most broadcom drivers. Linux driver continue reading wifi usb adapter drivers osxmac, linux, and windows. Macpup running live sd card in usb adapter antixforum. The antix team, which produces a lightweight debianbased distribution, has announced the availability of antix 16. Universal usb installer easy as 1 2 3 pen drive linux. I am a team member for macpup developer also so i had this flash drive to test with running live. I know i have used live usb maker at least once in the past, but i guess i got suckered by the unetbootin entry in the program launcher.