Uncompatible Systems

Mon, 17 Apr 2006

Macbook Pro Booting Linux Live CDs

I booted a macbook pro with three different live CDs today. None worked. Here the list and the fatal problem.

1. Knoppix 3.6, linux26 boot parameter. Display goes black after loading initrd
2. Debian Sarge installation CD-R, linux26 boot parameter. Installer loads but cannot find any installation target. In other words, there is no hard disk driver in the initrd
3. Linux-BBC, 2.4 kernel. Keyboard driver errors eventually eat up all IRQ time and init gives up

So while frusturating, all these CDs were a bit out of date. I'm going to give it another round after burning some more updated ones.

posted at: 14:21 | path: /linux | permanent link to this entry

Ipod Hammer

I modified the mp32ogg script to do ogg->mp3 and renamed it "ipod hammer" since I changed it quite a lot. This is useful, for example if you have a large collection of riped music in ogg/vorbis format and would like to share it with someone who only has an ipod. It's lossy, so sound quality is effected. It is obviously a band-aid until Apple gets their head out of their ass and listens to their customers who use a real open source codec.

Download it.

posted at: 13:46 | path: /hacking | permanent link to this entry

Linux Audio Users SIP Conference Room

I made a conference room for SIP telephones on my Asterisk server. You can connect to it at this URI <sip:lau@ash.97montrose.org>. Need to talk? Invite your friends!

posted at: 13:46 | path: /linux | permanent link to this entry

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