How To: Dual Boot WM5 and Linux
 

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Just wanted everyone to know I'm working on a tutorial to do a dual boot of linux and wm5. linux running from your minisd card! the only downside no phone function in linux, but this allows u to run linux whenever u want or wm5. its nice to have that option.
~mike

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Got to have it. Where did you discover this? :o

like I had said in the off topic area, I have been playing with different flavors of linux. And I was reading a tutorial for ubuntu server edition linux, and ran across a tutorial for installing a version of linux on the apache. it was a tutorial for installing via linux so I'm working on one for installing via windows. its bootloader looks like the one from shadowmite, but I don't think their the same. I think if I'm not mistaken this version allows for the apache to fully function but without the phone. I will post a link to the orignal source when I post my tutorial.
~mike

my fellow Wideawake, you are soon to be ectremely 1337 on my list


...................i am so hungover....and thsi monitor is sobright

hehe :D give me alittle time, I'm working on the partitions for the minisd now. once I get things working I will post what I did. ;)
~mike

Ok so I have been workin on this on and off all day today and will continue to work on it tonight.....I'm trying do do it via windows so that many ppl can do it, but I'm having troubles. Anyone who wants to install via linux you can follow this tutorial HERE. If anyone finds a working way, or gets it working using windows only to install them let us know. :thumbleft:

edit: so far I have got the ext3 partition completed, and the bootloader, the only problem I am having is when booting, but I'm working on it. (remember I have very little experience in linux tho..) If someone can help, speak up ;)
~mike

can someone explain to me the benefits of having this?

Wideawake, does this make the ppc operates fatser?

actualy it will probably make it work faster :D

xclusiv, it won't give u any directly noticeable benefits, basically its for those folks looking to try something new out. I haven't got it up and running, so I'm not 100% sure of the differences or exactly what apps are included, but theres linux apps out there for the ppc. I'm trying to install via windows, if I can't figure a way t get it to work without linux, I may go ahead and do the linux install method. Either way I will let yall know. ;)
~mike
~mike