Re: Debian Squeeze can run on the Wii

Andrew <[email protected]> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:38:22 -0500
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Hmm... I do happen to have my Wii available to test it out, but I no 
longer use Wii-Linux; I used it for a bit so I would get a small PPC 
server, but alas: I now do my stuff from a Ubuntu desktop I don't use 
much anymore.

On 01/17/2012 12:44 PM, Adam Shumann wrote:
> I had lots of apt-get issues with that tarball. :/
> May try it again later to verify that I didnt screw it up somehow...
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 2:43 AM, GoatZilla <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>     I tried running the dist-upgrade; that was pretty ugly.
>
>     Any reason why you didn't just opt for debootstrap (aside from lack of
>     a second SD card)?
>
>
>     On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 3:32 AM, Andrew <[email protected]
>     <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>     > My Wii is running Debian squeeze now. Here's how I did it:
>     >
>     > 1. installed whiite manually and configured it to use wifi
>     > 2. ran apt-get update and apt-get upgrade as root (this is
>     important!)
>     > 3. changed /etc/apt/sources.list to squeeze
>     > 4. ran apt-get update; apt-get upgrade; apt-get dist-upgrade
>     (This does
>     > the upgrade)
>     > 5. rebooted and watched as system booted
>     > 6. celebrated with beer (kidding there)
>     >
>     > I will post a upgraded rootfs sometime later.
>     >
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    Hmm... I do happen to have my Wii available to test it out, but I no
    longer use Wii-Linux; I used it for a bit so I would get a small PPC
    server, but alas: I now do my stuff from a Ubuntu desktop I don't
    use much anymore.<br>
    <br>
    On 01/17/2012 12:44 PM, Adam Shumann wrote:
    <blockquote
cite="mid:CAMeQee4wyChT63Fax-7ZrmyuHa5F6+SHhj5Q-z3rUzu4KvDSdg@mail.gmail.com"
      type="cite">I had lots of apt-get issues with that tarball. :/ <br>
      May try it again later to verify that I didnt screw it up
      somehow...<br>
      <br>
      <br>
      <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 2:43 AM,
        GoatZilla <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a moz-do-not-send="true"
            href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt;</span>
        wrote:<br>
        <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
          .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I tried
          running the dist-upgrade; that was pretty ugly.<br>
          <br>
          Any reason why you didn't just opt for debootstrap (aside from
          lack of<br>
          a second SD card)?<br>
          <div>
            <div class="h5"><br>
              <br>
              On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 3:32 AM, Andrew &lt;<a
                moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt;
              wrote:<br>
              &gt; My Wii is running Debian squeeze now. Here's how I
              did it:<br>
              &gt;<br>
              &gt; 1. installed whiite manually and configured it to use
              wifi<br>
              &gt; 2. ran apt-get update and apt-get upgrade as root
              (this is important!)<br>
              &gt; 3. changed /etc/apt/sources.list to squeeze<br>
              &gt; 4. ran apt-get update; apt-get upgrade; apt-get
              dist-upgrade (This does<br>
              &gt; the upgrade)<br>
              &gt; 5. rebooted and watched as system booted<br>
              &gt; 6. celebrated with beer (kidding there)<br>
              &gt;<br>
              &gt; I will post a upgraded rootfs sometime later.<br>
              &gt;<br>
              &gt;
------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
              &gt; Write once. Port to many.<br>
              &gt; Get the SDK and tools to simplify cross-platform app
              development. Create<br>
              &gt; new or port existing apps to sell to consumers
              worldwide. Explore the<br>
              &gt; Intel AppUpSM program developer opportunity. <a
                moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="http://appdeveloper.intel.com/join"
                target="_blank">appdeveloper.intel.com/join</a><br>
              &gt; <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-appdev" target="_blank">http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-appdev</a><br>
              &gt; _______________________________________________<br>
              &gt; gc-linux-devel mailing list<br>
              &gt; <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br>
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                href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gc-linux-devel"
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