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Re: Easy Wii Linux: Tutorials and help. - 12 years ago
I should have specified that I was running CyanogenMod 7.1. That ROM actually had the tools necessary included, otherwise I would have gotten a "command not found" message. Each command actually responded and ran properly, there was just.....no effect on the file.by Joelgp1 - Wii Linux
Re: Easy Wii Linux: Tutorials and help. - 12 years ago
Quotegamax92I hope that this is of help to some people, and that this gets added to the main post or stickied. Resize the disk image: Note: Do not perform this operation on the linuxdsk.img EWL uses while it is running. Do it offline or on another copy. Step One: expand the image. dd if=/dev/zero bs=1024k count=1024 >> linuxdsk.img In the above example, 1024k (bs) times 1024 (count)by Joelgp1 - Wii Linux
Re: Easy Wii Linux: Instant PC - 12 years ago
Alright, new problem -- the system is not properly mounting my Android smartphone when I plug it in and put it into USB Mass Storage Mode. I plug it in, and the system obviously does something -- on the phone I get both the charging indicator, the USB Debug-Mode notice (In case I want to use ADB commands or USB Tethering), and the USB Connected notice (which is where I am able to tell the phonby Joelgp1 - Wii Linux
Re: Easy Wii Linux: Instant PC - 12 years ago
Well, its been awhile, but I finally got an actual keyboard hooked up to the wii. I completely forgot I had a Targus Port Replicator in my possession that could successfully bridge a USB>PS2 connection. So, I tried firing up EWL and making some modifications to /etc/rc.local. Quotelinus@q885 You cant install EWL to a partition because of how the kerenl is built, but you can access the FATby Joelgp1 - Wii Linux
Re: Easy Wii Linux: Instant PC - 12 years ago
Hi, Linus. I was able to successfully install and boot your EWL distro, and I registered here because I have a few questions about it to ask you. 1. I might be getting an old apple bluetooth keyboard as a hand-me-down from my father, and I was wondering if the bluetooth drivers present in EWL would be compatible enough for me to use it with the wii. It's actually ironic that I have 3 spby Joelgp1 - Wii Linux